{"id":199,"date":"2021-01-07T16:40:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T21:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/?post_type=chapter&p=199"},"modified":"2021-01-15T18:00:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T23:00:22","slug":"depositional-environments","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/chapter\/depositional-environments\/","title":{"raw":"Depositional Environments","rendered":"Depositional Environments"},"content":{"raw":"Depositional environments are geographically restricted areas where sediment is being deposited. This can be clastic sediments being moved by air, water or ice, or chemical\/biochemical sediments being created within the depositional environment.\r\n\r\nDepositional environments are divided into three main categories: terrestrial (on land), transitional (at the margins between land and ocean), and marine. Table 2.2 lists the depositional environments in these settings organized according to whether they are in clastic- or carbonate-dominated systems. Figures 2.1 and 2.2 (respectively) illustrate these two types of systems and the depositional environments within them.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_204\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"705\"]\"\" Click here<\/a> to view this table as a PDF file.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_207\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"704\"]\"\" Figure 2.1 |<\/strong> Clastic-dominated environments.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_206\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"705\"]\"\" Figure 2.2 |<\/strong> Carbonate-dominated environments and some typical features.[\/caption]","rendered":"

Depositional environments are geographically restricted areas where sediment is being deposited. This can be clastic sediments being moved by air, water or ice, or chemical\/biochemical sediments being created within the depositional environment.<\/p>\n

Depositional environments are divided into three main categories: terrestrial (on land), transitional (at the margins between land and ocean), and marine. Table 2.2 lists the depositional environments in these settings organized according to whether they are in clastic- or carbonate-dominated systems. Figures 2.1 and 2.2 (respectively) illustrate these two types of systems and the depositional environments within them.<\/p>\n

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Click here<\/a> to view this table as a PDF file.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Figure 2.1 |<\/strong> Clastic-dominated environments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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