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
Magdalena Valley foreland fluvial
Magdalena Valley foreland deltaic
Magdalena Valley foreland lacustrine
Gigantopithecus subtropical forests of southern China and Southeast Asia via predicate surface "paleoenvironment"
Niobrara Chalk epicontinental sea
Niobrara Chalk Western Interior Seaway NERFINISHED
Khoratpithecus tropical or subtropical woodland via predicate surface "paleoenvironment"
Homo luzonensis tropical island environment via predicate surface "paleoenvironment"
Homo antecessor temperate environments of Early Pleistocene Europe via predicate surface "paleoenvironment"
Sahelanthropus mosaic of woodland and savanna habitats via predicate surface "paleoenvironment"
Homo habilis mosaic of savanna and woodland habitats via predicate surface "paleoenvironment"
Ichthyornis Western Interior Seaway via predicate surface "paleoenvironment" NERFINISHED
Wealden Group of southern England
surface form: Wealden Group
fluvial via predicate surface "environmentOfDeposition"
Wealden Group of southern England
surface form: Wealden Group
lacustrine via predicate surface "environmentOfDeposition"
Wealden Group of southern England
surface form: Wealden Group
deltaic via predicate surface "environmentOfDeposition"
Wealden Group of southern England
surface form: Wealden Group
non-marine via predicate surface "depositionalSetting"
Wealden Supergroup fluvial via predicate surface "environmentOfDeposition"
Wealden Supergroup lacustrine via predicate surface "environmentOfDeposition"
Wealden Supergroup deltaic via predicate surface "environmentOfDeposition"
Wessex Formation fluvial via predicate surface "environmentOfDeposition"
Wessex Formation floodplain via predicate surface "environmentOfDeposition"
Wessex Formation continental via predicate surface "typeOfDepositionalSystem"
Newark Supergroup continental rift basins
Bunter Sandstone fluvial
Bunter Sandstone aeolian
Bunter Sandstone alluvial fan
Keuper continental
Keuper lagoonal
Keuper fluvial
Keuper lacustrine
Eastern Cordillera Basin continental sedimentary environments via predicate surface "hasDepositionalEnvironment"
Eastern Cordillera Basin marine sedimentary environments via predicate surface "hasDepositionalEnvironment"
Caledonian foreland basins continental
Caledonian foreland basins non-marine
Achanarras Quarry freshwater lake via predicate surface "environmentOfDeposition"
Achanarras Quarry lacustrine setting via predicate surface "paleoenvironment"
Tiaojishan Formation lacustrine
Tiaojishan Formation fluvial
Yixian Formation lacustrine
Yixian Formation volcaniclastic
Red River in Hanoi
surface form: Red River (Hanoi)
alluvial silt via predicate surface "sedimentType"
Tanimbar Trough trench fill sediments via predicate surface "sedimentaryEnvironment"
Magnesian Limestone shallow marine
Magnesian Limestone evaporitic
Permian Basin of northern England playa lake systems via predicate surface "hasDepositionalSetting"
Permian Basin of northern England sabkha environments via predicate surface "hasDepositionalSetting"
Permian Basin of northern England restricted marine shelf via predicate surface "hasDepositionalSetting"
Shinarump Conglomerate fluvial
Shinarump Member fluvial
Shinarump Member braided-stream