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Line 70: + + − − [[file:lithofacies-and-environmental-analysis-of-clastic-depositional-systems_fig1.png|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Sedimentary processes, lithofacies, and lithofacies associations for a meandering channel sequence. (The vertical sequence is modified from Walker.<ref name=pt06r147>Walker, R. G., ed., 1984, Facies Models, 2nd ed.: Geoscience Canada Reprint Series 1, 317 p.</ref>)]]
Lithofacies and environmental analysis of clastic depositional systems (view source)
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==Rock description==
==Rock description==
[[file:lithofacies-and-environmental-analysis-of-clastic-depositional-systems_fig1.png|300px|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Sedimentary processes, lithofacies, and lithofacies associations for a meandering channel sequence. (The vertical sequence is modified from Walker.<ref name=pt06r147>Walker, R. G., ed., 1984, Facies Models, 2nd ed.: Geoscience Canada Reprint Series 1, 317 p.</ref>)]]
Within any given depositional environment, various physical and biological processes act to transport and deposit sediment. These processes result in various distributions of [[grain size]] and [[sedimentary structures]] that characterize the deposited sediment. Relating these features back to the processes that produced them is the basic method used by geologists to interpret the depositional environment of sedimentary sequences ([[:file:lithofacies-and-environmental-analysis-of-clastic-depositional-systems_fig1.png|Figure 1]]).
Within any given depositional environment, various physical and biological processes act to transport and deposit sediment. These processes result in various distributions of [[grain size]] and [[sedimentary structures]] that characterize the deposited sediment. Relating these features back to the processes that produced them is the basic method used by geologists to interpret the depositional environment of sedimentary sequences ([[:file:lithofacies-and-environmental-analysis-of-clastic-depositional-systems_fig1.png|Figure 1]]).
===Lithofacies===
===Lithofacies===