Choose one type of a Marine depositional environment. For the environment describe what the environment looks like, the type of sediment and sedimentary rocks you would expect to find there and would you expect to find fossils in rocks forming in this environment?

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Q: All of the following release carbon into the biosphere and/or atmosphere except?

A: All of the following release carbon into the biosphere and/or atmosphere except?

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