Sedimentary+Rocks+
12.001+–+17+September+2012+
underwater.com.au+
Courtesy of Geological Society of America. Used with permission.Source: Hagadorn, James W., Robert H. Dott, et al. "Stranded ona Late Cambrian shoreline: Medusae from Central Wisconsin."Geology 30, no. 2 (2002): 147-50.
Courtesy of Profberger on wikipedia. License: CC-BY.
Cambrian,+ Courtesy of Paul Myrow. Used with permission.
Newfoundland+ P.+Myrow+
30 cm 1 second in movie = 10 minutes real time
Ripples spreading from an initial bump
Light direction
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+Jordan,+
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Grotzinger+&+Jordan,++Understanding+Earth+
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Grotzinger+&+Jordan,+Understanding+Earth+
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Grotzinger+&+Jordan,+Understanding+Earth+
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Brown+et+al.,+2007+
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snow
ballearth.org+
Photograph of dropstone removed due to copyright restrictions. See figure 1.23 on SnowballEarth.org.
snow
ballearth.org+
Photograph of dropstone removed due to copyright restrictions. See figure 4.2 on SnowballEarth.org.
snow
ballearth.org+
Photograph of dropstone removed due to copyright restrictions. See figure 3.6 on SnowballEarth.org.
snow
ballearth.org+
Photograph of giant wave ripples removed due to copyright restrictions. See figure 4.18 on SnowballEarth.org.
NASA/JPL/Cornell+
Courtesy of NASA. Images in the public domain.
NASA/JPL/Cornell+Courtesy of NASA. Images in the public domain.
Squyres+et+al.,+2004+Courtesy of NASA. Images in the public domain.Source: Squyres, Steve W., J. P. Grotzinger, et al. "In Situ Evidence for an Ancient AqueousEnvironment at Meridiani Planum, Mars." Science 306, no. 5702 (2004): 1709-14.
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Bernard+et+al.,+SEPM,+1999+
Squyres+et+al.,+2004+Courtesy of NASA. Images in the public domain.
Squyres+et+al.,+2004+
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