Sedimentary facies

Question 1

a body of sediment with distinctive physical, chemical, and biological attributes

Answer 1

Sedimentary Facies

Question 2

sea level rise with respect to the land.

Answer 2

Marine Transgression

Question 3

shoreline migrates landward

Answer 3

Marine Transgression

Question 4

the facies that formed in offshore environments become superposed on facies deposited in nearshore environments

Answer 4

Marine transgression

Question 5

Another aspect of a marine transgression is that the rocks making up each facies become ___ in a ____.

Answer 5

Younger ; Landward direction

Question 6

when sea level fell with respect to the continent and the environments that paralleled the shoreline migrated seaward

Answer 6

Marine Regression

Question 7

Another aspect of a marine Regression is that the rocks making up each facies become ___ in a ____.

Answer 7

Younger ; seaward direction

Question 8

This law states that the facies seen in a conformable vertical sequence will also replace one another laterally

Answer 8

Walther’s law

Question 9

Who developed the Walther’s law?

Answer 9

Johannes Walther

Question 10

3 causes of marine transgression and regression

Answer 10

1. Uplift and Subsidence
2. The amount of Water frozen in Glaciers
3. Rates of seafloor spreading