Provenance (geology) diagenetic changes that occur in siliciclastic sediment during burial and uplift". Provenance studies are conducted to investigate many scientific questions, for example, the growth history of continental crust, collision time of Indian and Asian plates, Asian monsoon intensity, and Himalayan exhumation Meanwhile, the provenance methods are widely used in the oil and gas industry. "Relations between provenance and basin are important for hydrocarbon exploration because sand frameworks of contrasting detrital compositions respond differently to diagenesis, and thus display different trends of porosity reduction with depth of burial." All rock exposed at the Earth's surface is subjected to physical or chemical
To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants 5 out of 10 and said "[the episode] was one of the slighter entries [on the DVD], with the core joke being fairly well-handled with no one recognizing SpongeBob, but it went on just a little too long. April Pohren of the Blogcritics said "[the episode] is original and comical." To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants", also known as "To SquarePants or Not to", is the second segment of the 16th episode of the sixth season and the 116th overall episode of the American animated television series "SpongeBob SquarePants". It originally aired on Nickelodeon