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| What kind of sedimentary rocks form when seas and lakes evaporate? |
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| Limestone, gypsum, and halite |
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| What are four evaporites? |
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| Limestone, gypsum, halite, and dolomite |
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| The character that the environment imparts to the rock |
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| What are the four kinds of facies? |
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Cross-bedding
Ripple marks
Burrows
Mud cracks |
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| Which is the most common characteristic feature of sedimentary rocks? |
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| Life in swamps indicate the presence of ___________ and lack of ___________ |
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What are the clastic sedimentary rocks?
What signifies them? |
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Conglomerate - rounded pebbles
Breccia - angular pebbles
Sandstone - sand
Siltstone - silt
Clay - shale/mudstone |
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| Rock or sediment through which groundwater moves easily |
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| the volume of open spaces in rock or soil |
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| the measure of a material's ability to transmit water |
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| What is the importance of porosity and permeability? |
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We have an aquifer bodies of sandstone that contain drinkable water
Hydrocarbon reservoirs as well |
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| What is limestone mostly made of? |
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| What is the soft, porous rock that is made up almost entirely of the hard parts of microscopic marine organisms? |
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| What are two kinds of biogenic sedimentary rocks? |
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