Primary Classification
Textural Features
Sedimentary Structures
Fossil Content
Complete Environmental Sequence:
- A - Proximal Volcanic (+200m to +150m): Lava flows, pyroclastic deposits, volcanic breccias
- B - Distal Volcanic (+150m to +100m): Ash falls, tuffs, reworked volcanic sediments
- C - Fluvial (+100m to +50m): River deposits, channel sands, flood plain muds
- D - Sabkha (+50m to +20m): Evaporite deposits, mudcracks, algal mats
- E - Swamp (+30m to +10m): Plant remains, coal formation, organic-rich sediments
- F - Peat Bog (+20m to +5m): Organic accumulation, plant debris, acidic conditions
- G - Playa Lake (+15m to 0m): Evaporites, mudcracks, salt crystal casts
- H - Lagoon (+5m to -5m): Restricted circulation, fine sediments, limited fauna
- I - Tidal Flat (+2m to -2m): Bidirectional currents, mudcracks, algal mats
- J - Beach (0m): Wave-reworked sands, shell fragments, barrier islands
- K - Reef (-5m to -50m): Framework carbonates, bioherms, reef debris
- L - Deltaic (-2m to -30m): Distributary channels, mouth bars, prodelta muds
- M - Carbonate Platform (-20m to -100m): Oolites, bioclasts, carbonate muds
- N - Transitional Marine (-30m to -150m): Mixed sediments, variable energy conditions
- O - Mixed Carbonate-Clastic Shelf (-50m to -200m): Interbedded carbonates and clastics
- P - Shallow Marine (-100m to -200m): Mixed deposits, storm beds, bioturbation
- Q - Deep Basin (-200m to -1000m): Evaporites, anoxic conditions, limited fossils
- R - Deep Marine (-200m to >-2000m): Hemipelagic muds, turbidites, pelagic ooze