Geology 332: Sedimentary Geology
Fall 2016
Lecture: CRN 44819 Section 10 TR 17:00 – 18:20 Founders Hall 25
Lab: CRN 44820 Section 11 R 11:00 – 13:50 VMH 110
Lab: CRN 44821 Section 12 R 14:00 – 16:50 VMH 110
- Instructor: Dr. Jason Robert Patton
- Email: Jason.Patton at humboldt.edu
- Office: Founders Hall 136
- Phone: 707.826.3923
- Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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 and Terrestrial Environments
- Week 5: Terrestrial Environments
- Week 6: No class in exchange for field trip to Cape Sebastian 10/15-16/2016
- Week 7: Coastal and Marine Environments
- Week 8: Coastal and Marine Environments
- Week 9: Coastal and Marine Environments
- Week 10: Siliciclastic and Carbonate Rocks
- Week 11: Siliciclastic and Carbonate Rocks
- Week 12: Ken Aalto: Carbonates, the Bahamas, and Petrolia
- Week 13: William Miller and Ichnofossils; Online Activity 1
- Week 14: Geochronology and Stratigraphic Correlation
- Week 15: Geochronology and Stratigraphic Correlation; Student Video Presentations
Lectures
- Lab 1: Wentworth (1929) Grain Size Classification
- Lab 2: Mad River Beach: Sediment Characterization
- Lab 3: Sedimentary Rock Identification I
- Lab 4: Mad River: Flow and Clast Analyses
- Lab 5: Sedimentary Rock Identification II
- Lab 6: Mad River Slough
- Lab 7: Centerville Tertiary Stratigraphy
- Lab 8: Centerville Particle Size Analyses
- Lab 9: Big Lagoon
- Lab 10: Core Correlation
Labs
- Quiz 1: Reynolds Number (pdf)
- Quiz 2: Hjulström Curve (pdf)
- Quiz 3: Bouma Sequence (pdf)
- Quiz 4: Folk Sandstone Classification (pdf)
- Quiz 5: Particle Size Distribution (pdf)
Quizzes
- Online Activity 1: Radiocarbon age modeling
Online Activities
- Cape Sebastian 10/16/2016
Field Trips
Field Trip Photos
- Here is research paper writing guide and example paper.
- Here is the rubric that will be used to evaluate all reports and research papers.
Research Paper Guide
- Here is the study guide. (pdf)
- Here is the study guide. (docx)
Lab Final Study Guide
Additional Resources
- Here is a page where I present some gender neutral pronouns that I use in my classes.
Gender Neutral Pronouns
Schedule
Geological Society of America Timescale (click on image to download pdf file).
Plagiarism Flowchart Infographic (click to enlarge)