Choose one type of a Terrestrial (land) 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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Choose one type of a Terrestrial (land) 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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Environment can be compared to a bubble, which comprises of all the living and non living components. The living component is also known as the biotic component, while the non living component is also known as the abiotic component, The living or the non living components of the environment comprises of plants, birds, animals, fish etc. Mountains, stones, hills, grasslands, deserts, forests etc., constitute the non living or the abiotic component. When these components interact with one another, they form an ecosystem.    

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