If you were a defence attorney, you would use such information to gain an acquittal. The details of the rocks can be used to determine the environment of deposition of any strata. This is accmplished by comparing modern deposits with what is observed. Sand with cross bedding and scorpion tracks preserved on the bedding planes is only found in desert environments. Strata with mud cracks, fish fossils, bird and mamal tracks are found only at the edge of the sea or a lake.
Environment is simple.
You just have to dig a little deeper that you want to. I used to do diving like you saw at the olympics. When I was 35, I did my last dive. I did a gainer and landed on the diving board. My foot was rammed to within 3 inches of my kneecap.