Provenance (geology) to determine the origin of sediments. This is often used in conjunction with the study of exhumation histories, interpretation of drainage networks and their evolution, and forward-modelling of paleo-earth systems. In combination, these help to characterise the "source to sink" journey of clastic sediments from hinterland to sedimentary basin. Provenance (from the French provenir, "to come from"), is the place of origin or earliest known history of something. In geology (specifically, in sedimentary petrology), the term provenance deals with the question where sediments originate from. The purpose of sedimentary provenance studies is to reconstruct and to interpret the history of
To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants 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 in the United States on July 17, 2009. The series follows the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. In this episode, SpongeBob's pants have shrunk in the dryer. Unable to find a new pair, he tries round pants,