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Key Definitions
Stratigraphy,
Lithostratigraphy,
Chronostratigraphy
11
cards
Alluvial Fans
Happens because,
Grading,
Why fan shaped
22
cards
Braided and Meandering Rivers
What controls channel morphology ...,
Braided morphology and deposition,
Meandering morphology and deposition
12
cards
Flood Plains and soil
In the flood plain,
Modifications,
Soil forming processes
4
cards
Lakes, Peat Swamps and Coal Deposits
Middle of lakes,
Edges of lake,
Shorelines variety of environments
15
cards
Wave Dominated Depositional Environments - Beaches to Nearshore Marine
Offshore below wave base,
Offshore transition zone is mostl...,
Fairweather wave base
11
cards
Deltas
Why do deltas form,
Zones of deposition in a delta,
Delta slope
8
cards
Trace Fossils and Body Fossils
Intertidal zones,
Slope,
Shelf
7
cards
Lithostratigraphy
Basic unit in lithostratigraphy,
Formations must,
Formations need to be
11
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Biostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy,
Evolution is the basis of biostra...,
Biostratigraphic unit
10
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Zealandia
When did it become zealandia,
Cretaceous rifting,
Late oligocence c25 ma
5
cards
Chronostratigraphy
Chronostratigraphy,
Chronostratigraphic units,
Global boundary stratotype sectio...
3
cards
Sequence Stratigraphy
Walther s law,
Onlap,
Downlap
19
cards
Sedimentary Structures
Sedimentary structures,
Antidunes,
Upper plane bed
8
cards
Submarine Continental Shelf Slopes and Fans
Nearshore processes,
Midshelf processes,
Slope
7
cards
Taphonomy
Taphonomy,
Physical properties of taphonomy ...,
Life assemblages
10
cards
Phosphorite
Sedimentary phosphorite,
Increasing import source of,
Use phosphorite to get the p out ...
16
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