GEOL 332: Sedimentary Geology

Course Syllabus: pdf file

Week 1: Introduction to Sedimentary Geology
Week 2: Description of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Depositional Environments, Fluid Hydraulics (Sediment Erosion, Entrainment, Transport, and Deposition)
Week 3: Entertainment, Transport, Deposition, Structure: Reynolds #, Froude #, and Bernouli, Hjülstrom diagram, Sediment Gravity Flows, Sedimentary Structure, Bedforms, Flow Regimes, Ripples, Dunes
Week 4: Sedimentary Structures
Week 5: Siliciclastic Sediments and Rocks
Week 6: Siliciclastic Sediments and Rocks; Terrestrial Environments, Coastal, and Marine Environments
Week 7: Terrestrial Environments
Week 8: Terrestrial Environments
Week 9: Terrestrial Environments; Carbonate Sediments and Rocks
Week 10: Carbonate Sediments and Rocks; Carbonate Environments
Week 11: Coastal, and Marine Environments
Week 12: Coastal, and Marine Environments
Week 13: Coastal, and Marine Environments; Lithostratigraphy, Biostratigraphy, Correlation; Geochronology
Week 14: Geochronology; Basin Analysis
Week 15: Video Presentations

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