Sedimentary Rock Environments

Terrestrial Environment	Agents of transportation or precipitation	Sediments	Rock
Glacier	ice	sand, gravel, mud	conglomerates
Lake (lacustrine)	currents, winds	sand, mud	sandstone, shale
Playa	evaporation	salts
Alluvial	streams, rivers	rounded rocks, gravel, sand, mud	conglomerates, sandstone, shale
Sand Dunes (aeolian)	wind	sand, dust	sandstone
Swamp	vegetation	peat	coal, oil

 

Transitional Environment	Agents of transportation or precipitation	Sediments	Rock
Deltas	rivers, waves, tides	sand, mud	sandstone, shale
Beach	waves, tides	sand, gravel	sandstone, shale
Tide flats	waves, tides	sand, carbonate sediments, mud	sandstone, limestone, shale

 

Marine Environment	Agents of transportation or precipitation	Sediments	Rock
Shallow Marine	waves, tides	sand, muds	sandstone, shale
Coral Reef	shelled organisms, precipitates	carbonate sands and muds	Limestone
Deep Marine	shelled organisms, turbidity currents, ocean currents, settling	silica sediment, mud	chert, shale