Environments of Deposition
(Table 4.1, p.83)
Continental
Transitional
- Delta
Progradation
Coarsening Upwards Sequence
Mississippi Delta
Delta deposits, NE Kentucky
- Beach
- Barrier Island-Lagoon
- Tidal Flat
Marine
- Continental Shelf
- Continental Slope
- Continental Rise
Figure 4.11, p.82
- Deep Ocean Basin (Abyssal Plain)
- Carbonate Platform
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