What Are the Different Depositional Environments

What Are the Different Depositional Environments

There are 3 kinds of depositional environments, they are continental, marginal marine, and marine environments. Each environments have certain characteristic which make each of them different than others.

What are 3 types of depositional environments?

The type of sediment indicates the environment of deposition. There are three major environments of deposition: marine, transitional and continental.

Where are depositional environments?

A depositional environment is a specific type of place in which sediments are deposited, such as a stream channel, a lake, or the bottom of the deep ocean. They are sometimes called sedimentary environments.

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