What is sedimentology?
Q: What is sedimentology?
A: Sedimentology is the study of sediments such as sand, mud (silt), and clay.
Q: Why is studying how sediments are laid down today important?
A: Studying how sediments are laid down today is important because it can help us understand how rocks were formed.
Q: Who is a person who studies sedimentology called?
A: A person who studies sedimentology is called a Sedimentologist.
Q: What do Sedimentologists do?
A: Sedimentologists use their understanding of modern processes to interpret sedimentary rocks and sedimentary structures.
Q: What do sedimentary rocks record and contain?
A: Sedimentary rocks cover most of the Earth's surface, record much of the Earth's history, and contain the fossil record.
Q: What is stratigraphy?
A: Stratigraphy is the study of the physical and temporal (time) relationships between rock layers or strata.
Q: What is uniformitarianism?
A: Uniformitarianism is the idea that the processes affecting the earth today are the same as in the past, and it is the basis for finding out how sedimentary features in the rock record were formed.
