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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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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