depositionalEnvironment

P9688
predicate

Indicates the natural setting or conditions under which sediments were originally deposited.

All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
depositionalEnvironment canonical 363
environmentOfDeposition 88
paleoenvironment 60

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: depositionalEnvironment
Generated description
Indicates the natural setting or conditions under which sediments were originally deposited.

Sample triples (642)

Subject Object
Old Red Sandstone fluvial ⓘ
Old Red Sandstone alluvial fan ⓘ
Old Red Sandstone lacustrine ⓘ
Old Red Sandstone deltaic ⓘ
Yellow River loess via predicate surface "sedimentType" ⓘ
Laptev Sea wide continental shelf via predicate surface "hasSedimentaryEnvironment" ⓘ
Ancylus Lake postglacial freshwater environment via predicate surface "paleoenvironment" ⓘ
Dalradian Supergroup marine shelf ⓘ
Dalradian Supergroup deep marine basin ⓘ
Dalradian Supergroup volcanic arc-related settings ⓘ
Arkona Basin fine-grained sediments via predicate surface "sedimentType" ⓘ
Arkona Basin mud via predicate surface "sedimentType" ⓘ
Arkona Basin clay-rich deposits via predicate surface "sedimentType" ⓘ
Aleutian Trench marine sediments via predicate surface "sedimentType" ⓘ
Southern Uplands accretionary prism deep-marine turbidite system via predicate surface "sedimentaryEnvironment" ⓘ
Southern Uplands terrane deep-marine basin ⓘ
Nazca Basin pelagic sediments via predicate surface "sedimentType" ⓘ
Nazca Basin turbidites via predicate surface "sedimentType" ⓘ
Kimmeridgian limestone shallow marine ⓘ
Kimmeridgian limestone epicontinental seas ⓘ
Solnhofen Limestone lagoonal ⓘ
Solnhofen Limestone restricted marine basin ⓘ
Morrison Formation fluvial ⓘ
Morrison Formation floodplain ⓘ
Morrison Formation lacustrine ⓘ
Morrison Formation eolian ⓘ
Oxford Clay marine via predicate surface "environmentOfDeposition" ⓘ
Oxford Clay epicontinental sea via predicate surface "depositionalSetting" ⓘ
Petoskey stones shallow warm sea via predicate surface "environmentOfFormation" ⓘ
Bering Land Bridge cold steppe-tundra via predicate surface "paleoenvironment" ⓘ
Bering Land Bridge grassland via predicate surface "paleoenvironment" ⓘ
Sydney Basin fluvial ⓘ
Sydney Basin deltaic ⓘ
Sydney Basin marine ⓘ
Murray Ridge region hemipelagic sediments via predicate surface "sedimentType" ⓘ
Murray Ridge region turbidites via predicate surface "sedimentType" ⓘ
Southern England Chalk Formation shallow marine shelf ⓘ
Southern England Chalk Formation open marine carbonate platform ⓘ
Hell Creek Formation fluvial ⓘ
Hell Creek Formation floodplain ⓘ
Hell Creek Formation deltaic ⓘ
Millstone Grit fluvio-deltaic ⓘ
Millstone Grit marine shelf ⓘ
Cheshire Basin continental fluvial ⓘ
Cheshire Basin playa lake ⓘ
Cheshire Basin sabkha evaporitic ⓘ
Raton Basin fluvial ⓘ
Raton Basin deltaic ⓘ
Raton Basin lacustrine ⓘ
Aztec Sandstone eolian ⓘ