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Sedimentary Structures

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A wide variety of structures are formed by physical, chemical, and biological processes during or shortly after deposition; Fig. 4–1 categorizes many by their mode of origin. These structures are the best indicators in any deposit of processes operating in the depositional environment because they formed where they are presently found. Hence, they provide powerful tools for assessing the influence of processes that could not be observed because the processes operate infrequently and/or in remote sites (e. g., current patterns and sediment movement during a major storm; concretions forming below the sediment-water interface), or because they operate at a rate unsuited to direct observation (either too rapidly or too slowly). Although there are instrumental techniques for assessing sediment dynamics and other processes in modern environments (e. g., see ASChapters 4 and 6), a skilled observer can make reliable assessments of the nature and extent of sediment movement, and of the processes controlling sediment movement, solely on the basis of preserved sedimentary structures. Use of sedimentary structures in this way requires an extensive knowledge of the types of structures formed by particular processes acting on different sediments in various environments. When dealing with sedimentary rocks, interpretation of the processes controlling deposition is a fundamental step in paleoenvironmental analysis.

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Lewis, D.W., McConchie, D. (1994). Sedimentary Structures. In: Practical Sedimentology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2634-6_4

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