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

Course Syllabus: pdf file

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

Lectures

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

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