Republic of the Philippines

UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF SOUTHERN

PHILIPPINES
Claro M Recto Avenue, Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City
Tel.Nos (088) 856-1738/856-1739 Telefax (088) 856-4696
College of Science and Mathematics
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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WEEK 12-13
Lecture Activity No. 12

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
Score: 50 points
Due date: 23 November 2021 (Tuesday)

Listed below are suggested sites you can visit to help you with this task.

▪ https://commons.wvc.edu/rdawes/G101OCL/Basics/depoenvirons.html#:~:text=The%20many%20depositi
onal%20environments%20which,are%20common%20to%20each%20environment.

▪ https://wiki.aapg.org/Depositional_environments#:~:text=There%20are%203%20kinds%20of,structure%2
0and%20texture%20of%20sediments

▪ https://www.britannica.com/science/sedimentary-rock/Sedimentary-rock-types

▪ http://geologylearn.blogspot.com/2015/11/recognizing-depositional-
environments.html#:~:text=To%20identify%20depositional%20environments%2C%20geologists,to%20id
entify%20a%20depositional%20environment

▪ https://commons.wvc.edu/rdawes/G101OCL/Basics/depoenvirons.html

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A. What are DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS? (5 points)

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B. Geologists look for clues to IDENTIFY depositional environments. (25 points)

✓ ENUMERATE these different clues. Give at least 5 of them.

✓ DESCRIBE each.
✓ See TABLE 1

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 Republic of the Philippines
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF SOUTHERN
PHILIPPINES
Claro M Recto Avenue, Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City
Tel.Nos (088) 856-1738/856-1739 Telefax (088) 856-4696
College of Science and Mathematics
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

TABLE 1 – CLUES to IDENTIFY DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS

CLUES in Identifying HOW the CLUE Identifies Depositional

Depositional Environments Environments

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C. What are the 3 Major Types of Depositional Environments? (10 points)

✓ Give the characteristics that differentiate them from each other.

✓ Give an example (only 1) for each major type
✓ See TABLE 2.

TABLE 2 – MAJOR TYPES of DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS

TYPE of Depositional
CHARACTERSTICS EXAMPLE
Environment

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 Republic of the Philippines
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF SOUTHERN
PHILIPPINES
Claro M Recto Avenue, Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City
Tel.Nos (088) 856-1738/856-1739 Telefax (088) 856-4696
College of Science and Mathematics
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

D. RESEARCH about different depositional environments and SELECT ONLY ONE (1)
for this activity. (10 points)

✓ ATTACH a PHOTO of your chosen depositional environment

✓ DO NOT FORGET to CITE your SOURCE or GIVE CREDIT to your SOURCE
✓ Provide a DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY of your CHOSEN PHOTO or IMAGE.
✓ See TABLE 3.

TABLE 3 – DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS

(Write the DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY of your

(ATTACH your PHOTO here) selected depositional environment
here)

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 Republic of the Philippines
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF SOUTHERN
PHILIPPINES
Claro M Recto Avenue, Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City
Tel.Nos (088) 856-1738/856-1739 Telefax (088) 856-4696
College of Science and Mathematics
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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