Mary Lyell (1808-1873)
To say that Mary Horner Lyell’s life as a geologist was subsumed by her famous husband Sir Charles Lyell is […]
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Atlas of sediments & sedimentary structures, How to do things, In the field, Interpreting ancient environments
Atlas of sequence stratigraphy
This category of Atlas images, is not intended as a comprehensive outline or set of definitions of sequence stratigraphy, but
Atlas of sediments & sedimentary structures, How to do things, In the field, Interpreting ancient environments
Glaciofluvial – periglacial deposits
The glaciofluvial-periglacial category refers to pretty well anything sedimentological, that is associated with glaciations, glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets.
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Inge Lehmann (1888 –1993)
Morning tea in Murchison, a small rural town in northwest South Island (NZ), was rudely interrupted on June 17, 1929,
Atlas of sediments & sedimentary structures, How to do things, In the field, Interpreting ancient environments
Atlas of delta deposits
Deltas come (and go) in all shapes and sizes. They form where a trunk river discharges into a largish body
Atlas of sediments & sedimentary structures, How to do things, In the field, Interpreting ancient environments
Atlas of fan deltas
Fan deltas are like alluvial fans except they dip their toes in lakes and shallow seas. So, in addition to
Atlas of sediments & sedimentary structures, How to do things, In the field, Interpreting ancient environments
Stromatolites and microbial laminates
Stromatolites. The Precambrian is replete with them. In many ways they define the Precambrian, that period of earth history, about
Atlas of sediments & sedimentary structures, How to do things, In the field, Interpreting ancient environments
Atlas of trace fossils
Trace fossils have the privilege of being two things at once: sedimentary structures, and fossils. They occur in sediment, are made
Atlas of sediments & sedimentary structures, How to do things, In the field, Interpreting ancient environments
Atlas of Syntectonic sediments
Syntectonic deposition This category is a bit different to the other Atlas collections. It does not refer to a specific
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Atlas of syn-sedimentary deformation
Soft sediment deformation Deformation of sediment while it is soft or semi-consolidated, is common. The rock record is replete with