with the goal of better understanding how chemical sedimentary rocks (e.g., carbonates, chert, iron formations) record chemical, physical, and biological paleoenvironmental conditions. Chemical ...

Areas of sedimentology and stratigraphy that currently motivate the research our faculty and students include: (i) mechanistic understanding of sediment formation, deposition, and lithification ...

Minerals are chemical compounds which occur naturally ... The basalt which makes up the Giant’s causeway is an igneous rock. Sedimentary rocks are formed by small rock pieces which are ...

Substances in river water react with minerals in rocks and cause chemical weathering Weathering ... can be transported by rivers and form sedimentary rocks. 1 Sediment transport Sediment transport ...