What type of sedimentary environment is this

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Assignment:

1. Search for 6 14 20S 29 30 58E and zoom out to an eye altitude of ~600 miles. What type of sedimentary environment is this?

a. Lacustrine

b. Fluvial

c. Eolian

d. Glacial

2. What is the most likely sedimentary structure to be found in the environment you chose for question 19?

a. cross beds

b. raindrop impressions

c. mud cracks

d. trace fossils

e. graded beds

3. Search for 43 22 05N 99 06 53W and zoom out to an eye altitude of ~50 miles. What type of sedimentary environment is this?

a. Lacustrine

b. Fluvial

c. Eolian

d. Glacial

4. What is the most likely sedimentary structure to be found in the environment you chose for question 21?

a. ripple marks

b. raindrop impressions

c. mud cracks

d. trace fossils

e. graded beds

5. Search for 37 35 52N 112 11 26W and spend some time exploring Bryce Canyon. Find some of the hoodoos. Also take some time to explore the NPS website on the area. Forming hoodoos take several steps. Which set of steps below in the correct order for hoodoo formation?

a. Uplift, rock deposition in a lake/floodplain system, then weathering and erosion

b. Weathering and erosion, rock deposition in a shallow ocean, uplift

c. Rock deposition in a shallow ocean, uplift, then weathering and erosion

d. Rock deposition in a lake/floodplain system, uplift, then weathering and erosion

6. Which of the following are responsible for the weathering and erosion of the hoodoos?

a. ice

b. rainwater

c. snowfall

d. both a and b

7. Travel to 37 37 19N 112 09 51W. You are now viewing the tallest hoodoo in Bryce Canyon. While these features can be difficult to measure since their bases are difficult to find on Google Earth, try to get a rough estimate, taking the elevation at the base and subtracting that from the elevation at the highest point of this hoodoo. Approximately how tall is this hoodoo?

a. 10's of feet

b. 100's of feet

c. 1,000's of feet

d. Less than 10 feet

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