Category: Interpreting ancient environments

February 21, 2022

Ignimbrite is a rock name. Ignimbrites form primarily from the collapse of eruption columns during

January 31, 2022

Glauconite – an important stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental indicator Glauconite is one of the most recognizable

January 19, 2022

Two important contributors to bioclastic limestones – foram tests and skeletal sponge spicules Foraminifera

January 9, 2022

Bryozoa – are a complex but important group of reef and non-reef invertebrates and

January 8, 2022

Echinoderms and barnacles are important contributors to bioclastic limestones Echinoids are a diverse phylum with

January 7, 2022

Molluscan bioclasts are important components of tropical, and cool-temperate water limestones Bioclasts are probably the

December 3, 2021

This post continues the series on volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks in outcrop, with a brief

November 12, 2021

19th century experiments that helped quantify the nature of fluid flow, surface waves, and bedforms.

October 5, 2021

Natural analogues for full-sized fan deltas Walk any sandy beach at low water, negotiating flotsam,

September 21, 2021

Here is a brief description of a submarine channel complex in the Jurassic Bowser Basin

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