Abstract
<jats:p>This Field Guide addresses questions relating to the environments of sedimentary deposition and provenance in varied settings. In Chapter 1, tracks of a theropod dinosaur provide insights into the depositional environments of Early Jurassic strata of the Hartford basin (Connecticut).</jats:p> <jats:p>Chapter 2 investigates microlaminated carbonaceous mudstones from the Hartford basin to reconstruct ancient water depths, water chemistry, and sedimentary facies of the same strata. Chapter 3 explores the origins of peri-Laurentian high-grade metasediments in Manhattan (New York) deposited during late Cambrian rifting using εNd values, detrital zircon ages, and metamorphic intensity data to determine their tectonic setting and provenance.</jats:p> <jats:p>The final chapter considers sandstone grain size, mammal fossils, and oxygen and carbon isotope values in authigenic carbonates to reveal shifts in paleoclimate and tectonics within the half-graben of the eastern Española basin (New Mexico).</jats:p>