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  • Of or relating to deposition.

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  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a deposit or a deposition

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Examples

  • If this is the k-t line then there is no problem with the depositional environment looking the same above/below the k-t line.

    Castle Rock - South Table Mountain - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • There are biological changes, and an interesting thin layer of Ir-rich clays, but no substantive change in depositional regime.

    Castle Rock - South Table Mountain - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • The specimen is inferred to represent a five-year-old individual and to be at a young adult ontogenetic stage, based on a combination of histological features including narrower outermost zones, dense haversian bone, extensive and multiple endosteal bone depositional events and absence of an external fundamental system. d, Close up of the gastroliths scale bar, 2 cm.

    The Panda's Thumb: Transitional Fossils Archives 2010

  • Additionally, they all include features common in modern non-flood depositional environments.

    Castle Rock - South Table Mountain - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • The specimen is inferred to represent a five-year-old individual and to be at a young adult ontogenetic stage, based on a combination of histological features including narrower outermost zones, dense haversian bone, extensive and multiple endosteal bone depositional events and absence of an external fundamental system. d, Close up of the gastroliths scale bar, 2 cm.

    The Panda's Thumb: Development Archives 2010

  • Those depositional layers have been washing into the Gulf of Mexico for eons, trapping life that eventually was transformed into hydrocarbons far below the surface.

    McMoRan Exploration Drills Deep Into The Shallow Water 2010

  • Those depositional layers have been washing into the Gulf of Mexico for eons, trapping life that eventually was transformed into hydrocarbons far below the surface.

    McMoRan Exploration Drills Deep Into The Shallow Water 2010

  • Those depositional layers have been washing into the Gulf of Mexico for eons, trapping life that eventually was transformed into hydrocarbons far below the surface.

    McMoRan Exploration Drills Deep Into The Shallow Water Gramercy Capital 2010

  • Those depositional layers have been washing into the Gulf of Mexico for eons, trapping life that eventually was transformed into hydrocarbons far below the surface.

    McMoRan Exploration Drills Deep Into The Shallow Water 2010

  • If your claim is that the “k-p line” is the boundary between “flood” and post-“flood” depositional environments, then perhaps you could explain why the depositional environment of the sediments underlying the volcanic caprock does not seem to change across the boundary?

    Castle Rock - South Table Mountain - The Panda's Thumb 2010

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