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Here are the Five Questions for the Class
  • What defines a slope (clastic) environment?
  • What are the major types of sediments found in Slope environment?
  • What major features best characterize turbidites?
  • Describe the layers of a Bouma Sequence and indicate what this sequence describes? What can be inferred from the fining sequence?
  • Describe the four large-scale seismic facies found in deep water slope environment.

The Clastic Slope Project
Last Revised on June 30, 2006