Category: Interpreting ancient environments

April 23, 2025

This brief article about Mary Mantell is part of the series Pioneering Women in Earth

April 13, 2025

The rheology of soft sediment and weak rock. This post is part of the Lithofacies

April 13, 2025

Slump folds, slides, convoluted laminae, enterolithic folds, normal and thrust faults, glide planes, fractures, boudinage,

March 11, 2025

This category of Atlas images, is not intended as a comprehensive outline or set of

March 10, 2025

The glaciofluvial-periglacial category refers to pretty well anything sedimentological, that is associated with glaciations, glaciers,

March 9, 2025

Deltas come (and go) in all shapes and sizes. They form where a trunk river

March 9, 2025

Fan deltas are like alluvial fans except they dip their toes in lakes and shallow

March 8, 2025

Stromatolites. The Precambrian is replete with them. In many ways they define the Precambrian, that

March 8, 2025

Trace fossils have the privilege of being two things at once: sedimentary structures, and fossils. They

March 6, 2025

Syntectonic deposition This category is a bit different to the other Atlas collections. It does