This is part of the How To…series on describing sedimentary rocks shows examples of sedimentary structures in outcrop and modern analogues, from different environments.
There are additional guides to crossbed nomenclature and crossbed terminology. Most of these images have been cropped from originals featured in several Atlases.
Sedimentary structures: Shallow marine
Sedimentary structures: Turbidites
Sedimentary structures: Mass transport deposits
Sedimentary structures: Fine-grained fluvial
Sedimentary structures: coarse-grained fluvial
Sedimentary structures: Alluvial fans
Sedimentary structures: Stromatolites
