A sedimentary deposit is that body of solid materials accumulated at or near the surface of the earth under the low temperatures and pressures which normally characterize thie environment. The sediment is generally, but not always, deposited from a fluid in which it was contained either in a state of suspension or solution. This definition encompass most of the materials considered sediments, a…
Geology is primarily history-a history of the earth. Petrology has to do with the history of rocks and sedimentary petrology is concerned with the history of the sedimentary rocks. Statigraphy also has to do with geologic history. The primary task of stratigraphy is to ascertain the order of superposition of the strata at any given place and then to integrate the local geologic column thus cons…