2. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Marine Environment

3. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Marine Environment Continental Shelf Flat, smooth regions that fringe continents Few km to 300 km wide Low tide to 200 m depth Similar to continental deposits Shelf planed off by changes in sea level

4. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Marine Environment Continental Shelf Most eroded continental material ends up here Primarily sand, silt, clay Carbonates develop where clastic influx is low In shallow marine biologic impact is great

5. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Marine Environment

6. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Marine Environment Continental Slope Steeper slope than shelf 300 to 3200 m deep Zone of erosion as material from shelf moves to abyssal plain Turbidity currents (Waterville Fm.) Mostly fine sand, silt, clay

7. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Marine Environment Continental Slope Turbidity Currents

8. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Marine Environment Continental Rise More gradual slope at base of continental slope

9. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Marine Environment Deep Marine – Abyssal Plain Depths >3200 m Only fine clay, volcanic ash and calcareous and siliceous oozes accumulate Carbonate compensation depth Oozes are skeletal remains Coarse-grains Slumps Ice-rafted debris

10. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Transitional Environments Represents the margin between the oceans and contintents (Shorelines and coasts) Clastic sediments

11. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Transitional Environment Carbonate sediments

12. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Transitional Environment Deltas Δ

13. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Transitional Environment Deltas Prograding Delta Deposition > Erosion Upward progression of fines to coarse Subsiding basin Contain organic matter Petroleum producing Mississippi River Delta

14. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Transitional Environment Deltas

15. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Transitional Environment Deltas Deposition = Erosion Concentric enlargement of delta Niger River Delta

16. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Transitional Environment Deltas Erosion > Deposition No visible delta Kennebec River

17. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Transitional Environment Barrier Islands

18. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Transitional Environment Barrier Islands Usually sandy Organisms include bivalves, gastropods, echinoids, and crustaceans

19. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Transitional Environment Lagoon Shallow areas land- ward of barrier islands Can be protected inlets Sediments usually silty

20. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Transitional Environment Lagoon

21. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Transitional Environment Tidal Flats

22. SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES Transitional Environment Tidal Flats Exposed and covered by tides Harsh environment Alternating wet and dry Generally fine-grained Diversity is low Includes bivalves, gastropods, crustaceans, worms, and cyanobacteria