# tblSetting

SettingDesc:
Wide spread linear rift systems forming accretionary plate boundaries where oceanic lithosphere is produced by extrusion of basaltic magma at the ridge during opening of an ocean basin following supercontinent breakup (Condie)

SettingCom:
Wide spread linear rift systems forming accretionary plate boundaries where oceanic lithosphere is produced by extrusion of basaltic magma at the ridge during opening of an ocean basin following supercontinent breakup (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Tectonically emplaced layered oceanic crust fragment; ideal sequence from the base is ultramafic tectonite, commonly harzburgite; cumulate gabbros+ ultramafics; non-cumulate gabbros diorites + plagiogranites; sheeted diabase dykes; pillow basalts (Condie)

SettingCom:
Tectonically emplaced layered oceanic crust fragment; ideal sequence from the base is ultramafic tectonite, commonly harzburgite; cumulate gabbros+ ultramafics; non-cumulate gabbros diorites + plagiogranites; sheeted diabase dykes; pillow basalts (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Items that appear to be mainly due to the rise of mantle plumes to the base of the crust such as continental flood basalts and volcanic islands (Condie)

SettingCom:
Items that appear to be mainly due to the rise of mantle plumes to the base of the crust such as continental flood basalts and volcanic islands (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Extensive, thick, rapidly erupted low Mg + Fe dominantly tholeiitic basalt successions formed by entrainment + adiabatic melting of lower mantle material + some conductive* the lithosphere by a plume with a >1000 km diameter head (Condie)

SettingCom:
Extensive, thick, rapidly erupted low Mg + Fe dominantly tholeiitic basalt successions formed by entrainment + adiabatic melting of lower mantle material + some conductive* the lithosphere by a plume with a >1000 km diameter head (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Large volcanoes, developed over mantle plumes of dominantly tholeiitic lava erupted from the the sea floor and called seamounts before becoming subaerial when some alkali basalts are erupted (Condie)

SettingCom:
Large volcanoes, developed over mantle plumes of dominantly tholeiitic lava erupted from the the sea floor and called seamounts before becoming subaerial when some alkali basalts are erupted (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Zones to 500km wide and 3000km long containing thousands of tholeiitic dykes to 200m thickand to 1000km long which are intruded laterally and widen sufacewards. Some radiate from a point (Condie)

SettingCom:
Zones to 500km wide and 3000km long containing thousands of tholeiitic dykes to 200m thickand to 1000km long which are intruded laterally and widen sufacewards. Some radiate from a point (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Simple to complex fault-bounded valleys to 70km wide and 1000s kms long in thin crust under tension with high, low order seismisity and immature terrigenous clastic sediments and bimodal volcanics, active rifts have more volcanics (Condie)

SettingCom:
Simple to complex fault-bounded valleys to 70km wide and 1000s kms long in thin crust under tension with high, low order seismisity and immature terrigenous clastic sediments and bimodal volcanics, active rifts have more volcanics (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Volcanic island chains developed on oceanic crust or continental margin volcanic chains developed on continental or transitional crust above active subduction zones idealy  consisting of an arc-trench gap, the arc and the arc-rear area (Condie)

SettingCom:
Volcanic island chains developed on oceanic crust or continental margin volcanic chains developed on continental or transitional crust above active subduction zones idealy  consisting of an arc-trench gap, the arc and the arc-rear area (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Very deep, narrow, extensive, linear, sediment poor structure formed in the ocean floor parallel to arc systems above where a lithospheric slab begins to decend into the mantle and subject to intense seismic activity (Condie)

SettingCom:
Very deep, narrow, extensive, linear, sediment poor structure formed in the ocean floor parallel to arc systems above where a lithospheric slab begins to decend into the mantle and subject to intense seismic activity (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Steeply inclined melanges of sediment and volcanics including slab derived ophiolites as fault-bounded wedges accreted to the arc front above a descending oceanic slab (Condie)

SettingCom:
Steeply inclined melanges of sediment and volcanics including slab derived ophiolites as fault-bounded wedges accreted to the arc front above a descending oceanic slab (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Marine turbitite depositional basins up to 700km long overlying and arc-wards of the accretionary prism and lacking volcanism (Condie)

SettingCom:
Marine turbitite depositional basins up to 700km long overlying and arc-wards of the accretionary prism and lacking volcanism (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Subaerial and submarine volcanic chains erupting tholeiitic and calc-alkaline magmas above a descending oceanic slab (Condie)

SettingCom:
Subaerial and submarine volcanic chains erupting tholeiitic and calc-alkaline magmas above a descending oceanic slab (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Behind arc over descending oceanic slabs, if active have high heat flow and thin often ophiolitic lithosphere and an ocean ridge enlarging the basin dominant sediments proximal (Condie)

SettingCom:
Behind arc over descending oceanic slabs, if active have high heat flow and thin often ophiolitic lithosphere and an ocean ridge enlarging the basin dominant sediments proximal (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Extinct arc portions forming submarine aseismic ridges rifted away by opening of back-arc basins (Condie)

SettingCom:
Extinct arc portions forming submarine aseismic ridges rifted away by opening of back-arc basins (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Continental margin arc-rear basin filled with syntectonic clastic terrigenious sediments from the fold thrust belt which becomes involved with the proximal margin + gives inversestratigraphic sampling as unroofing progresses (Condie)

SettingCom:
Continental margin arc-rear basin filled with syntectonic clastic terrigenious sediments from the fold thrust belt which becomes involved with the proximal margin + gives inversestratigraphic sampling as unroofing progresses (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Events arising from the collision of two or more continents or a continent and an arc (Condie)

SettingCom:
Events arising from the collision of two or more continents or a continent and an arc (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Collision of two or more continental units commonly greatly thickening and partially melting the crust with extensive thrusting, folding, metamorphism and mountain formation (Condie)

SettingCom:
Collision of two or more continental units commonly greatly thickening and partially melting the crust with extensive thrusting, folding, metamorphism and mountain formation (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Area of main thrusting and folding in suture foreland of collision orogen (Condie)

SettingCom:
Area of main thrusting and folding in suture foreland of collision orogen (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Upwarped lithosphere area ahead of by major overthrust belts (Condie)

SettingCom:
Upwarped lithosphere area ahead of by major overthrust belts (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Area elevated 1 to 5km adjacent to the suture zone in the near hinterland of fold thrust belts (Condie)

SettingCom:
Area elevated 1 to 5km adjacent to the suture zone in the near hinterland of fold thrust belts (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Regions away from the main overthrust belts in the direction of and away from the direction of principle orogenic vergence respectively (Condie)

SettingCom:
Regions away from the main overthrust belts in the direction of and away from the direction of principle orogenic vergence respectively (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Local basin formed in foreland area when subduction stops or reverses (Condie)

SettingCom:
Local basin formed in foreland area when subduction stops or reverses (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Collision and suturing of largely juvenile crustal blocks such as ophiolites, island arcs and submarine plateaux with little reworked older crust (Condie)

SettingCom:
Collision and suturing of largely juvenile crustal blocks such as ophiolites, island arcs and submarine plateaux with little reworked older crust (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Subalkalic to peraluminous A-type granite emplaced in an anorogenic tectonic environment, enriched in REE, Zr and Hf, depleted in Sr, P and Ti with incompatable element and oxygen isotope distribution of lower crustal type  Condie

SettingCom:
Subalkalic to peraluminous A-type granite emplaced in an anorogenic tectonic environment, enriched in REE, Zr and Hf, depleted in Sr, P and Ti with incompatable element and oxygen isotope distribution of lower crustal type  Condie


SettingDesc:
Volcanic mainly subaqueous basalt + komatiite-dominated successions formed in arcs, submarine plateaux, volcanic islands + oceanic crust, mainly juvenile oceanic terranes. Post Archean gstns hve less komatiite+more volcaniclastics+adesitic+felsitic vlcncs

SettingCom:
Volcanic mainly subaqueous basalt + komatiite-dominated successions formed in arcs, submarine plateaux, volcanic islands + oceanic crust, mainly juvenile oceanic terranes. Post Archean gstns hve less komatiite+more volcaniclastics+adesitic+felsitic vlcncs


SettingDesc:
effectively "non-tectonic", in same sense as craton; added by CPS to Condie classes

SettingCom:
effectively "non-tectonic", in same sense as craton; added by CPS to Condie classes


SettingDesc:
Rifts within continental crust, commonly associated with bimodal volcanism.

SettingCom:
Rifts within continental crust, commonly associated with bimodal volcanism.


SettingDesc:
Incipient oceanic basins floored by new oceanic crust and flanked by young rifted continental margins

SettingCom:
Incipient oceanic basins floored by new oceanic crust and flanked by young rifted continental margins


SettingDesc:
Mature rifted continental margins in intraplate settings at continental-oceanic interfaces

SettingCom:
Mature rifted continental margins in intraplate settings at continental-oceanic interfaces


SettingDesc:
Progradational sediment wedges constructed off edges of rifted continental margins

SettingCom:
Progradational sediment wedges constructed off edges of rifted continental margins


SettingDesc:
Broad cratonic basins floored by fossil rifts in axial zones

SettingCom:
Broad cratonic basins floored by fossil rifts in axial zones


SettingDesc:
Stable cratons covered with thin and laterally extensive sedimentary strata

SettingCom:
Stable cratons covered with thin and laterally extensive sedimentary strata


SettingDesc:
Basins floored by oceanic crust formed at divergent plate boundaries unrelated to arc-trench systems (spreading still active)

SettingCom:
Basins floored by oceanic crust formed at divergent plate boundaries unrelated to arc-trench systems (spreading still active)


Setting:
oceanic islands, aseismic ridges and plateaux

SettingLU:
oceanic islands, aseismic ridges and plateaux

SettingDesc:
Sedimentary aprons and platforms formed in intraoceanic settings other than magmatic arcs

SettingCom:
Sedimentary aprons and platforms formed in intraoceanic settings other than magmatic arcs


SettingDesc:
Basins floored by oceanic crust, which is neither spreading nor subducting (no acitive plate boundaries within or adjoining basin)

SettingCom:
Basins floored by oceanic crust, which is neither spreading nor subducting (no acitive plate boundaries within or adjoining basin)


SettingDesc:
Deep troughs formed by subduction of oceanic lithosphere

SettingCom:
Deep troughs formed by subduction of oceanic lithosphere


SettingDesc:
Local structural depressions developed on subduction complexes

SettingCom:
Local structural depressions developed on subduction complexes


SettingDesc:
Basins along arc platform, which includes superposed and overlapping volcanoes.

SettingCom:
Basins along arc platform, which includes superposed and overlapping volcanoes.


SettingDesc:
Oceanic basins behind intraoceanic magmatic arcs (inc interarc basins between active and remnant arcs) and cont. basins behind cont. margin magmatic arcs without foreland foldthrust belts

SettingCom:
Oceanic basins behind intraoceanic magmatic arcs (inc interarc basins between active and remnant arcs) and cont. basins behind cont. margin magmatic arcs without foreland foldthrust belts


SettingDesc:
Foreland basins on continental sides of continental-margin arc-trench systems (formed by subduction-generated compression and/or collision).

SettingCom:
Foreland basins on continental sides of continental-margin arc-trench systems (formed by subduction-generated compression and/or collision).


SettingDesc:
Shrinking ocean basins caught between colliding continental margins and/or arc-trench systems, and ultimately subducted or deformed within suture belts.

SettingCom:
Shrinking ocean basins caught between colliding continental margins and/or arc-trench systems, and ultimately subducted or deformed within suture belts.


SettingDesc:
Foreland basins above rifted continental margins that have been pulled into subduction zones during crustal collisions (primary type of collision-related forelands).

SettingCom:
Foreland basins above rifted continental margins that have been pulled into subduction zones during crustal collisions (primary type of collision-related forelands).


SettingDesc:
Basins formed and carried atop moving thrust sheets

SettingCom:
Basins formed and carried atop moving thrust sheets


SettingDesc:
(Brokens forelands) Basins formed among basement-cored uplifts in foreland settings.

SettingCom:
(Brokens forelands) Basins formed among basement-cored uplifts in foreland settings.


SettingDesc:
Basins formed by extension along strike-slip fault systems

SettingCom:
Basins formed by extension along strike-slip fault systems


SettingDesc:
Basins formed by compression along strike-slip systems

SettingCom:
Basins formed by compression along strike-slip systems


SettingDesc:
Basins formed by rotation of crustal blocks about vertical axes within strike-slip fault systems

SettingCom:
Basins formed by rotation of crustal blocks about vertical axes within strike-slip fault systems


SettingDesc:
Diverse basins formed within and on continental crust due to distant collisional processes

SettingCom:
Diverse basins formed within and on continental crust due to distant collisional processes


SettingDesc:
Former failed rifts at high angles to continental margins, wihch ahve been reactivated during convergent tectonics so that they are at high angles to orogenic belts

SettingCom:
Former failed rifts at high angles to continental margins, wihch ahve been reactivated during convergent tectonics so that they are at high angles to orogenic belts


SettingDesc:
Rifts formed at high angles to orogenic belts, without pre-orogenic history

SettingCom:
Rifts formed at high angles to orogenic belts, without pre-orogenic history


SettingDesc:
Basins formed in intermontane settings following cessation of local orogenic or taphrogenic activity

SettingCom:
Basins formed in intermontane settings following cessation of local orogenic or taphrogenic activity


SettingDesc:
5 - 50km in breadth, with circular outcrop

SettingCom:
5 - 50km in breadth, with circular outcrop


SettingDesc:
circular, surface area less than 100km sq

SettingCom:
circular, surface area less than 100km sq


SettingDesc:
Extensive deposits of flat-lying or gently tilted or warped seds (eg: Colorado Plateau)

SettingCom:
Extensive deposits of flat-lying or gently tilted or warped seds (eg: Colorado Plateau)


SettingDesc:
Systems of approx parallel faults with dip-slip displacements of 100s or 1000s of metres (eg: Basin & Range Prov)

SettingCom:
Systems of approx parallel faults with dip-slip displacements of 100s or 1000s of metres (eg: Basin & Range Prov)


SettingDesc:
Major transcurrent faults in continental rocks, typically 100s of km long (eg: Alpine Fault in New Zealand)

SettingCom:
Major transcurrent faults in continental rocks, typically 100s of km long (eg: Alpine Fault in New Zealand)


SettingDesc:
Shallow-deformed rocks above a decollement zone, oft referred to as suprastructure of mtn belts (cf: infrastructure) eg: Canadian Rocky Mtns

SettingCom:
Shallow-deformed rocks above a decollement zone, oft referred to as suprastructure of mtn belts (cf: infrastructure) eg: Canadian Rocky Mtns


SettingDesc:
Environment of juxtaposition of large-scale exotic rock blocks on blocks & matrix of different age or lithology. (eg: Ankara melange: Turkey)

SettingCom:
Environment of juxtaposition of large-scale exotic rock blocks on blocks & matrix of different age or lithology. (eg: Ankara melange: Turkey)


SettingDesc:
Areas of doubly plunging anticlines and synclines (eg: Kettleman Hills, California)

SettingCom:
Areas of doubly plunging anticlines and synclines (eg: Kettleman Hills, California)


SettingDesc:
Regions of diapiric uprise of thick columnar plug-like bodies of halite (eg: Gulf Coast, USA)

SettingCom:
Regions of diapiric uprise of thick columnar plug-like bodies of halite (eg: Gulf Coast, USA)


Setting:
simple fold systems with steeply dipping axial surfaces

SettingLU:
simple fold systems with steeply dipping axial surfaces

SettingDesc:
Areas of regular trains of gently plunging folds of similar size orientation and steeply dipping axial surfaces (eg: Appalachain Fold Belt)

SettingCom:
Areas of regular trains of gently plunging folds of similar size orientation and steeply dipping axial surfaces (eg: Appalachain Fold Belt)


SettingDesc:
Typically narrow zones of slate parallel to orogenic belts (exception: equidimensional slate belt in N Wales)

SettingCom:
Typically narrow zones of slate parallel to orogenic belts (exception: equidimensional slate belt in N Wales)


Setting:
multiply deformed belts of low and medium metamorphism

SettingLU:
multiply deformed belts of low and medium metamorphism

SettingDesc:
As present as parts of virtually all the world's fold-mountain belts.

SettingCom:
As present as parts of virtually all the world's fold-mountain belts.


SettingDesc:
Allochthonous regions of large-scale thrusting with or without recumbant folding  of rocks of essentially horizontal undisturbed material.

SettingCom:
Allochthonous regions of large-scale thrusting with or without recumbant folding  of rocks of essentially horizontal undisturbed material.


SettingDesc:
Regions in which prominent schistosity has a gentle dip over 1000s of sq km (eg: Otago Schist terrain, NZ)

SettingCom:
Regions in which prominent schistosity has a gentle dip over 1000s of sq km (eg: Otago Schist terrain, NZ)


SettingDesc:
Narrow planar regions in which deformation is intense relative to the adjacent rocks

SettingCom:
Narrow planar regions in which deformation is intense relative to the adjacent rocks


SettingDesc:
Core of granitic migmatites/gneisses overlain by a layered metasedimantary & metavolc cover (Eskola 1949: Caledonides of Finland)

SettingCom:
Core of granitic migmatites/gneisses overlain by a layered metasedimantary & metavolc cover (Eskola 1949: Caledonides of Finland)


SettingDesc:
Upper amph and granulite facies rocks of similar geometry to mult def rocks of lower met grade, but with particular problems in understanding because of destroyed structure

SettingCom:
Upper amph and granulite facies rocks of similar geometry to mult def rocks of lower met grade, but with particular problems in understanding because of destroyed structure


SettingDesc:
Wind-driven depositional setting giving rise to ripple/dune/interdune/sheet sand bedforms.  Bedforms rarely preserved in ancient eolian deposits

SettingCom:
Wind-driven depositional setting giving rise to ripple/dune/interdune/sheet sand bedforms.  Bedforms rarely preserved in ancient eolian deposits


SettingDesc:
The water table and its capillary fringe lie at depth below the depositional surface

SettingCom:
The water table and its capillary fringe lie at depth below the depositional surface


SettingDesc:
Vegetation, surface cementation or mud drapes play a significant stabilising role and thus influence the behaviour of the accummulating surface

SettingCom:
Vegetation, surface cementation or mud drapes play a significant stabilising role and thus influence the behaviour of the accummulating surface


SettingDesc:
The water table or its capillary fringe is at or near the depositional surface

SettingCom:
The water table or its capillary fringe is at or near the depositional surface


SettingDesc:
Cone-shaped to arcuate deposits (in plan view)  w. a well dvpled network of distributory channels that cross the fan.  Many have steep depositional slopes

SettingCom:
Cone-shaped to arcuate deposits (in plan view)  w. a well dvpled network of distributory channels that cross the fan.  Many have steep depositional slopes


SettingDesc:
Inner fan: longitudinal gravel bars; Mid-fan: longitudinal gravel bars and transverse bars; Outer fan: transverse bars and dunes

SettingCom:
Inner fan: longitudinal gravel bars; Mid-fan: longitudinal gravel bars and transverse bars; Outer fan: transverse bars and dunes


SettingDesc:
Inner fan: channelized proximal debris flows; Mid-fan: distal debris flows and sheet flows; Outer Fan: sheet flows and shallow braided stream

SettingCom:
Inner fan: channelized proximal debris flows; Mid-fan: distal debris flows and sheet flows; Outer Fan: sheet flows and shallow braided stream


SettingDesc:
Inner fan: active meander belts; Mid-fan: low-sinuousity/anastomosing river w vegetated levees; Outer fan: low sinuousity/ansotmosing river w little channel confinement

SettingCom:
Inner fan: active meander belts; Mid-fan: low-sinuousity/anastomosing river w vegetated levees; Outer fan: low sinuousity/ansotmosing river w little channel confinement


SettingDesc:
Low sinuousity, high gradient streams charactersied by the presence of many channels separated by bars or small islands.  Occur in areas of high relief and have ltd. areal extent.

SettingCom:
Low sinuousity, high gradient streams charactersied by the presence of many channels separated by bars or small islands.  Occur in areas of high relief and have ltd. areal extent.


SettingDesc:
Highly sinuous, low gradient streams with finer sed. load.  Tend to be confined within a single major channel, char. by cohesive banks that are difficult to erode

SettingCom:
Highly sinuous, low gradient streams with finer sed. load.  Tend to be confined within a single major channel, char. by cohesive banks that are difficult to erode


SettingDesc:
Lag deposits composed of coarse material the river can move only at max. stream velocity during flood stage.  Bedding indistinct but imbrication common

SettingCom:
Lag deposits composed of coarse material the river can move only at max. stream velocity during flood stage.  Bedding indistinct but imbrication common


SettingDesc:
Occur on floodplains where rising floodwaters breach natural levees

SettingCom:
Occur on floodplains where rising floodwaters breach natural levees


SettingDesc:
Fine-grained sediments that settle out of suspension from floodwaters carried into the floodbasin.  Broad, low-relief plain/swamp

SettingCom:
Fine-grained sediments that settle out of suspension from floodwaters carried into the floodbasin.  Broad, low-relief plain/swamp


SettingDesc:
Form on the concave or steep-bank side of meander loops immediately adjacent to the channel due to sudden loss of stream competence as they overtop their banks

SettingCom:
Form on the concave or steep-bank side of meander loops immediately adjacent to the channel due to sudden loss of stream competence as they overtop their banks


SettingDesc:
Fine silt and mud introduced into the lakes from the main stream during overbank flooding

SettingCom:
Fine silt and mud introduced into the lakes from the main stream during overbank flooding


SettingDesc:
Areas where more or less permanent accumulations of snow exist; composite depositional setting

SettingCom:
Areas where more or less permanent accumulations of snow exist; composite depositional setting


SettingDesc:
Huge sheets or ice that spread over large continental areas or plateaus

SettingCom:
Huge sheets or ice that spread over large continental areas or plateaus


SettingDesc:
Large masses or sheets of ice formed at the base of a mountain

SettingCom:
Large masses or sheets of ice formed at the base of a mountain


SettingDesc:
Relatively small ice masses  confined to within valley walls of a mountain

SettingCom:
Relatively small ice masses  confined to within valley walls of a mountain


SettingDesc:
Lakes do not have a major outflow, have fluctuating shorelines and occur in regions of interior drainage ; inflow is commonly exceeded by evaporation and infiltration leading to chemical sedimentation

SettingCom:
Lakes do not have a major outflow, have fluctuating shorelines and occur in regions of interior drainage ; inflow is commonly exceeded by evaporation and infiltration leading to chemical sedimentation


SettingDesc:
Fed by ephemeral (intermittent) runoff, springs and groundwater and are generally dry through each part of the year; bedded salt deposits are dominant

SettingCom:
Fed by ephemeral (intermittent) runoff, springs and groundwater and are generally dry through each part of the year; bedded salt deposits are dominant


SettingDesc:
Mostly saline lakes which receive inflow from at least one perennial stream and commonly do not dry up completely from year to year,

SettingCom:
Mostly saline lakes which receive inflow from at least one perennial stream and commonly do not dry up completely from year to year,


SettingDesc:
Lakes have an outflow of water and a relatively stable (fixed) shoreline and in which inflow=precipitation.  Siliciclastic sediment commonly predominates

SettingCom:
Lakes have an outflow of water and a relatively stable (fixed) shoreline and in which inflow=precipitation.  Siliciclastic sediment commonly predominates


SettingDesc:
Narrow zone dominated by river, wave and tidal processes lying along the boundary between the continental and marine depositional realms

SettingCom:
Narrow zone dominated by river, wave and tidal processes lying along the boundary between the continental and marine depositional realms


SettingDesc:
Long, narrow accumulations of sand aligned parallel to the shoreline and attached to land.  High energy environment

SettingCom:
Long, narrow accumulations of sand aligned parallel to the shoreline and attached to land.  High energy environment


SettingDesc:
Shallow stretch of seawater (sound, channel, bay) partly/completely separated from the sea by a low, narrow strip of land commonly extending parallel to the coast. No significant fresh water runoff.

SettingCom:
Shallow stretch of seawater (sound, channel, bay) partly/completely separated from the sea by a low, narrow strip of land commonly extending parallel to the coast. No significant fresh water runoff.


SettingDesc:
Discrete shoreline protuberances formed where rivers enter oceans, semi-enclosed seas, lakes or lagoons and supply sediment more rapidly than it can be redistributed by basinal processes

SettingCom:
Discrete shoreline protuberances formed where rivers enter oceans, semi-enclosed seas, lakes or lagoons and supply sediment more rapidly than it can be redistributed by basinal processes


SettingDesc:
Formed where alluvial fans prograde into standing water

SettingCom:
Formed where alluvial fans prograde into standing water


SettingDesc:
Formed from the deposits of a braided stream system

SettingCom:
Formed from the deposits of a braided stream system


SettingDesc:
Formed from the deposits of a single river

SettingCom:
Formed from the deposits of a single river


SettingDesc:
Formed where scree deposits extend into water

SettingCom:
Formed where scree deposits extend into water


SettingDesc:
Lower courses of rivers open to the sea which receive sediment from both fluvial and marine sources

SettingCom:
Lower courses of rivers open to the sea which receive sediment from both fluvial and marine sources


SettingDesc:
Occur mainly on macrotidal coasts where tidal-current energy exceeds wave energy at the mouth of the estuary

SettingCom:
Occur mainly on macrotidal coasts where tidal-current energy exceeds wave energy at the mouth of the estuary


SettingDesc:
Tidal influence is small, and the mouth of the estuary experiences high wave energy, seds. move alongshore and onshore in the mouth of estuary

SettingCom:
Tidal influence is small, and the mouth of the estuary experiences high wave energy, seds. move alongshore and onshore in the mouth of estuary


SettingDesc:
Sediments deposited where glaciers extend beyond the mouths of river valleys to enter the sea

SettingCom:
Sediments deposited where glaciers extend beyond the mouths of river valleys to enter the sea


SettingDesc:
Coastal supratidal mudflats. Algal mats (stromatolites) commonly form in associated intertidal to supratidal sediments

SettingCom:
Coastal supratidal mudflats. Algal mats (stromatolites) commonly form in associated intertidal to supratidal sediments


SettingDesc:
Marine-fed coastal lagoons and salt pans which occur in depressions on sabkhas, between coastal dunes, on deltas, or in tectonic downwarps behind coastal barriers

SettingCom:
Marine-fed coastal lagoons and salt pans which occur in depressions on sabkhas, between coastal dunes, on deltas, or in tectonic downwarps behind coastal barriers


SettingDesc:
Marshy and muddy to sandy featureless plains dissected by a network of tidal channels and creeks that are largely exposed during low tide

SettingCom:
Marshy and muddy to sandy featureless plains dissected by a network of tidal channels and creeks that are largely exposed during low tide


SettingDesc:
Evaporites accumulated from shallow bodies of brine or within saline mudfalts

SettingCom:
Evaporites accumulated from shallow bodies of brine or within saline mudfalts


SettingDesc:
Encompasses the shallow-water areas of the ocean lying shoreward of the shelf break

SettingCom:
Encompasses the shallow-water areas of the ocean lying shoreward of the shelf break


SettingDesc:
Evaporites formed in vast expanses of evaporitic lagoons and mudflats,over which brine depths are only a few metres

SettingCom:
Evaporites formed in vast expanses of evaporitic lagoons and mudflats,over which brine depths are only a few metres


SettingDesc:
Shelf char. by topographic buildup at the shelf margin of the outer shelf creating a barrier to incoming waves

SettingCom:
Shelf char. by topographic buildup at the shelf margin of the outer shelf creating a barrier to incoming waves


SettingDesc:
Shallow (often broad) seas occupying areas within continents, associated with widespread deposition of carbonate sediments

SettingCom:
Shallow (often broad) seas occupying areas within continents, associated with widespread deposition of carbonate sediments


SettingDesc:
Deposits formed within interiors of isolated carbonate platforms under moderately low-energy, open to restricted subtidal conditions

SettingCom:
Deposits formed within interiors of isolated carbonate platforms under moderately low-energy, open to restricted subtidal conditions


SettingDesc:
Biological buildup of carbonate sediment which affects deposition in adjacent areas and stands topographically higher than surrounding sediments during deposition

SettingCom:
Biological buildup of carbonate sediment which affects deposition in adjacent areas and stands topographically higher than surrounding sediments during deposition


SettingDesc:
Linear reefs located along platform margins; reefs are more or less laterally continuous and may extend for hundreds of kms

SettingCom:
Linear reefs located along platform margins; reefs are more or less laterally continuous and may extend for hundreds of kms


SettingDesc:
Narrow, linear reef located hard up against the shoreline, with no intervening lagoon

SettingCom:
Narrow, linear reef located hard up against the shoreline, with no intervening lagoon


SettingDesc:
High energy tidal environ. with lag deposits composed of skeletal fragments of shallow-water organisms such as corals, calcareous algae, and bryozoa and/or ooids and peloids

SettingCom:
High energy tidal environ. with lag deposits composed of skeletal fragments of shallow-water organisms such as corals, calcareous algae, and bryozoa and/or ooids and peloids


SettingDesc:
Low energy, tidal flat environ. in which predominantly fine-grnd seds. accumulate.  Generally consist of  pelleted mudstones Syn; inner tidal

SettingCom:
Low energy, tidal flat environ. in which predominantly fine-grnd seds. accumulate.  Generally consist of  pelleted mudstones Syn; inner tidal


SettingDesc:
Sed. succession; outer-ramp carbonate muds give way in shoreward direction to bioclastic sand bodies give way to ooid sand bodies in near shore area

SettingCom:
Sed. succession; outer-ramp carbonate muds give way in shoreward direction to bioclastic sand bodies give way to ooid sand bodies in near shore area


SettingDesc:
Encompasses abysall plain/lower continental slope/lower reaches of submarine canyons

SettingCom:
Encompasses abysall plain/lower continental slope/lower reaches of submarine canyons


SettingDesc:
Fine grained sediment deposited far from land  influence by slow settling of particles suspended in the water column

SettingCom:
Fine grained sediment deposited far from land  influence by slow settling of particles suspended in the water column


SettingDesc:
Catastrophic or surge-type, high-velocity turbidity currents generated on the shelf or upper slope transporting sands and gravels to deeper water through submarine channels

SettingCom:
Catastrophic or surge-type, high-velocity turbidity currents generated on the shelf or upper slope transporting sands and gravels to deeper water through submarine channels


SettingDesc:
Submarine canyons discharge turbidites into fore-arc basins on the slope or into deep-sea trenches where they may spread out along the canyon axis

SettingCom:
Submarine canyons discharge turbidites into fore-arc basins on the slope or into deep-sea trenches where they may spread out along the canyon axis


SettingDesc:
Deposits of flows spread out from the mouths of canyons onto the deep seafloor to form deep-sea fans.  Typical of passive margin and back-arc basin setting

SettingCom:
Deposits of flows spread out from the mouths of canyons onto the deep seafloor to form deep-sea fans.  Typical of passive margin and back-arc basin setting


SettingDesc:
Large flat areas elevated some 2km above the seafloor comprised of thick rapidly erupted low Mg and Fe dominantly tholeiitic basalt and mafic intrusives covered with a thin layer of deep sea sediments (Condie)

SettingCom:
Large flat areas elevated some 2km above the seafloor comprised of thick rapidly erupted low Mg and Fe dominantly tholeiitic basalt and mafic intrusives covered with a thin layer of deep sea sediments (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Elongate steep-sided submarine volcanic ridges that mark the track of a mantle plume across the oceanic lithosphere during plate motion (Condie)

SettingCom:
Elongate steep-sided submarine volcanic ridges that mark the track of a mantle plume across the oceanic lithosphere during plate motion (Condie)


SettingDesc:
Precambrian tectonically stable elevated part of a continent composed of rocks that have been Precambrian tectonically stable elevated part of a continent composed of rocks that have been forming part of a shield (Condie)

SettingCom:
Precambrian tectonically stable elevated part of a continent composed of rocks that have been Precambrian tectonically stable elevated part of a continent composed of rocks that have been forming part of a shield (Condie)


SettingDesc:
The continental edge of a rift that has developed into an ocean basin with rift assemblages underlying true margin assemblages of mature clastic sediments, where back arc basins also develop arc sediments may interfinger (Condie)

SettingCom:
The continental edge of a rift that has developed into an ocean basin with rift assemblages underlying true margin assemblages of mature clastic sediments, where back arc basins also develop arc sediments may interfinger (Condie)


SettingDesc:
A ductile shear zone along converging plate boundaries containing rocks from both plates, often in a serpentine-rich matrix (Condie)

SettingCom:
A ductile shear zone along converging plate boundaries containing rocks from both plates, often in a serpentine-rich matrix (Condie)


