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Imagine that a geologist finds a sedimentary rock with ripple marks in it.
What can the geologist guess about the environment in which the sediment was
deposited? Explain your answer.

please help me i’m struggling

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Answer:

There are many things that can be read from ripple marks in sedimentary rocks. To start, a geologist looks at: the types (sizes, composition, shapes) of grains in the rock, the height of the “waves”, the distance between peaks (highs) and troughs (lows), whether the rock seems to be lying in its original position, and the internal shapes of the ripples (by looking at the edges of broken pieces). They also seek to determine the age of the rock and information about other rocks lying below and above the specific rock.

Geologist determine the processes and history of the earth through the

observation of properties of rock particles.

We were told that the geologist found  a sedimentary rock with ripple marks

in it .The most likely cause of the ripple marks will be as a result of the water

waves present in the area.

This makes us understand that the environment the sediment was deposited

was in an aquatic environment.

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