Course Description

Origin, diagenesis and geochemistry of sediments and sedimentary rocks.

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Learning Goals

under development

Instructors

2009: Stuart Sutherland

Textbook

Required Text:

Boggs, S. Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy. 

ISBN-13: 9780131547285 

Non required but useful:

• Prothero, D.R. and Schwab, F., 1996, Sedimentary Geology. Freeman, 575 p.
• Walker, R.G. and James, N.P., 1992, Facies Models Response to Sea Level Change, Geological Association of Canada, 454 pp.

Course Content

Under Development

Lecture Topics

1. Introduction to stratigraphy
2. Geochronology
3. Organization of Strat. Record
4. Stratigraphic units
5. Biostratigraphy
6. Facies
7. Origin of grains
8. Sediment transport and sedimentary
9. Clastic rocks
10. Carbonates
11. Diagenesis
12. Depositional Systems
13. Sequence Stratigraphy
14. Tectonics and Sedimentation

Labs