It's Sedimentary my dear Watson! Lol...

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 Week 4 - Sedimentary Rocks


 I do not live in an area that has many rocks meaning like nature unless you call the university students here the 'animals' in this jungle. I live in a college town so the majority of what is around is man-made. I am at the gym on a daily basis and noticed we have cement all around us. It brought to mind about limestone. Texas does not have anything compared to Utah or Colorado that I grew up around. Being in Texas has taught me to learn more about my surroundings. I know that a lot of the processes we learned this week were about how sedimentary rocks are formed and transported. Nearby we have the Brazos River (brah-zoh). 



I wanted to give you an idea of the river and present some information from what is around me besides a Starbucks or McDonald's. 😄 This river runs through the majority of Bryan-College Station area where I live. I have witnessed seeing a lot of limestone and a mixture of other types of rocks.

I know that because of this river, different types of sediment have passed through here, and because of chemical weathering limestone and sandstone has been created in large amounts. Mainly being formed by broken pieces of seashell, and fragments of calcite. Galveston, Texas is about 126 miles from my house and I know that a lot of sediment evidence is there because it is near an ocean. There is evidence of trace fossils being present in the area as burrowing animals and remains of organisms figuratively for the state of Texas is plenty. 

I felt like looking at this photo can not replace being there or having my own photo. I further researched my area and found that this photo may be of sandstone because of the reddish color. As well as the presence of chert, I have to conclude that the area I am in has the presence of limestone but there is evidence of other types of sedimentary rocks nearby. Thanks for reading this week! Keep on ROCK'in it!

References:

https://www.brazos.org/about-us/about-the-bra/about-the-brazos-river

http://www.asergeev.com/pictures/archives/2011/978/browsers.htm


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