You have found a limestone layer with numerous fossil corals, fossil sponges, and other fossils, little or no stratification, an absence of cross-bedding and ripple marks. In which environment was this limestone formed?

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Markus Jennings

13 January, 23:59

You have found a limestone layer with numerous fossil corals, fossil sponges, and other fossils, little or no stratification, an absence of cross-bedding and ripple marks. In which environment was this limestone formed?

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Annabelle Foley · Answer 1

You have found a limestone layer with numerous fossil corals, fossil sponges, and other fossils, little or no stratification, an absence of cross-bedding and ripple marks. In which environment was this limestone formed?

answer; an organic reef

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An organic reef is a sedimentary rock structure of significant dimensions, erected by and composed almost exclusively of the remains of corals, algae, bryozoans, sponges and other sedentary or colonial organisms.