Laboratory Manual for Introductory Geology 4e

FIGURE 6.15 Fossils reveal remarkable details of life throughout geologic time (continued ).
Brachiopod
Apatosaurus (formerly called Brontosaurus)
Tree trunks
Examples of depositional settings are listed in FIGURE 6.16, along with a simplified
description of characteristics found in those settings. The sequence of beds,
or strata, is like pages in a book that record the succession of depositional environments
in an area, and the study of such sequences is called stratigraphy. Further
study in geology will give you additional skills with which you can read those pages,
but even with your basic knowledge, you can interpret the history of sedimentary
rocks in the field. See how far you can get in deciphering the history of the rocks
in Exercise 6.10.
6.8 APPLYING YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO STRATIGRAPHY
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