1. n. []
The area in which and physical conditions under which sediments are deposited, including sediment source; depositional processes such as deposition by wind, water, or ice; and location and climate, such as desert, swamp, or river.
See: bathyal, channel, delta, depositional energy, depositional system, eolian, estuary, facies, fluvial, glacial, lacustrine, lithofacies, littoral, marine, marsh, neritic, paleontology, paludal, parasequence, point bar, reef, sabkha, sedimentary, sequence stratigraphy, terrestrial, vitrinite