10 Why Is There A Layer With No Fossils This Is Because Certain Rocks Don T Contain Fossils For How They Are Formed A 1 (35.44 KiB) Viewed 12 times
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10. Why is there a layer with no fossils? This is because certain rocks don't contain fossils for how they are formed. Also, they could have been burned too quickly to 11. DS The pink sandstorle contains freshwatet oss low-angled cross beds, and scour and fill structures. In what deposition rivironment was it formed? delta or flood bain environment 12. The tan sandstone contains marine brachiopods and marine gastropods. In what depositional environment was it formed? tidal fat 13. How does sea level change over time in this location? Describe it in terms of transgression and regression and give supporting evidence. 14. Think about the environments that formed each rock layer and fossil assemblage to figure out where there is a disconformity. Name the two adjacent rock layers between which there is a disconformity. 15. What is the vertical exaggeration of the cross-section?
C = Chinoid PW-petrified wood Bebrachiopod Co= coral solitary A= ammonite Tr= trilobite NF= no fossils G-gastropod Bv=bivalve T= turritella
1 box = 500 feet 1 box = 10 feet Horizontal Scale Vertical Scale South Fossil Correlation Chart North 0 D С B А 100 Als BAN DIA UNS LE NE 9de Elevation fee above sea level) -800- PMI PW 800- TA 750-
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