To M.B. Roberts and Allen Roy
I believe that Allen is correct when he says that there are only 3 possible
depositional environments [marine, non-marine, and transitional]. What
else could there be? Now one could argue that a lot of different things
have been lumped together, but technically, this is correct. ;-)
In the same (tongue-in-cheek) fashion, we could use 3 similar categories to
lump ...
... humans -- male, non-male, and transitional
... religions -- Christianity, non-Christianity, and transitional
... animals -- human, non-human, and transitional
And now that I've offended just about everybody, I think I'll crawl back
under my rock (slimy, non-slimy, or transitional and sedimentary,
non-sedimentary, or transitional).
Steve
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