Grand
Canyon of the Colorado River
89.552
Sedimentation and Stratigraphy Laboratory 89.554
Banded
iron formation
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Sedimentation and Stratigraphy 89.552 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy Laboratory 89.554 |
Banded
iron formation
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| Course Home | Syllabus | Schedule | Supplemental Materials | Links |
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Schedule |
Class Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Assignment |
| 1/31 | Introduction. Weathering,
soils, and paleoclimates
Textural Analysis of Gravel and Conglomerates |
Chapt. 1 & 3 | Roundness and Sphericity |
| 2/7 | Transport and deposition of siliciclastic material
Grain Size Analysis of Sand |
Chapt. 2 | Homework 1 |
| 2/14 | Sedimentary structures
Heavy-mineral Analysis |
Chapt. 4 | Homework 2 |
| 2/22 | Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks
Hand Specimen Descriptions of Sedimentary Rocks |
Chapt. 5 | |
| 2/28 | Diagenesis
Exam I - Chapters 1-5 |
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| 3/7 | Carbonate sedimentary rocks
& Other chemical/biochemical and carbonaceous sedimentary rocks
Microscopic Examination of Sedimentary Rocks I |
Chapt. 6 & 7 | |
| 3/21 | Principles of environmental interpretation and classification
Microscopic Examination of Sedimentary Rocks II |
Chapt. 8 | |
| 3/28 | Continental environments
Facies Analysis |
Chapt. 9 | Facies Analysis |
| 4/4 | Marginal marine environments
Exam II - Chapters 6-9 |
Chapt. 10 | |
| 4/11 | Siliciclastic marine environments
& Carbonate and evaporite environments
Fence Diagrams |
Chapt. 11 & 12 | Fence Diagrams |
| 4/20 | Lithostratigraphy
Petroleum Geology |
Chapt. 13 | Petroleum Geology |
| 4/25 | Seismic and sequence
stratigraphy
Field trip |
Chapt. 14 & 15 | |
| 5/2 | Magnetostratigraphy and
biostratigraphy
Exam III - Chapters 10-15 |
Chapt. 16 & 17 | |
| 5/9 | Chronostratigraphy and geologic time
Laboratory Exam |
Chapt. 18 |