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Week 1
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Lecture: Course introduction,
weathering
Lecture: Sedimentary textures, fabric,
maturity
Lab: Sieve analysis, sediment
texture
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Week 2
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Lecture:
Classification of siliclastic sedimentary rocks
Lecture: Fundamentals of fluid
flow, laminar vs. turbulent flow, Reynolds and Froude numbers
Lab: Sand composition
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Week
3
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Lecture: Density and viscosity, particle
transport, Hjulstrom curve
Lecture: Bedform progression, beds
and bedding (primary
sedimentary structures)
Lab: Sand provenance
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Week 4
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Lecture: Sedimentary structures
Lecture: Sedimentary structures
(continued)
Lab: Clastic sedimentary
structures
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Week
5
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Lecture: Classification of
siliclastic sedimentary rocks,
Folk and Gilbert's classification systems
Exam #1: Wednesday, February 21st
Lab: Petrology of silicilastic
rocks: shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate; Folk and Gilbert's
classification systems
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Week
6
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Lecture: Mass movements,
sediment gravity flows
Lecture:
Deep marine sedimentation, deep sea fans
Lab: Sandstone petrology:
naming sandstones, arenite vs. wacke
Day trips: Cache Creek
measured stratigraphic sections
Great Valley sequence, deep sea fans in the field
Monday lab:
Your field trip
will be Saturday, March 3rd
Wednesday lab:
Your field trip will be
Sunday, March 4th
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Week 7
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Lecture: Evaporite minerals,
evaporite deposits
Lecture: Chert, ironstone,
phosphate, glauconite
Lab: Sandstone petrography I:
sandstones in thin section
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Week 8
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Lecture: Coal and carbonaceous
rocks
Lecture: Alluvial fans
Lab: Sandstone petrography II
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Spring break: March 19th-23rd |
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Week 9 |
Lecture: Alluvial fans
Lecture: Braided streams
Lab: Petrology of chert,
ironstone, phosphates, coal, carbonaceous rocks
and Intro to group project
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Week 10
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Lecture: Meandering and
anastomosing streams
Lecture: Local stratigraphy
Lab: Begin stratigraphy project: Assign
tasks, literature review
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Week 11 |
Stratigraphy project- visit your unit
for the first time.
Weekend field trip: Sedimentary environments
and coastal processes (Friday April 13th through
Sunday April 15th)
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Week 12 |
Stratigraphy project- visit your unit
for the second time.
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Week 13 |
Lecture: Deltaic systems
Exam #2: Wednesday, April 26th
Lab: Finish poster
presentations, submit for printing
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Week 14
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Lecture: Carbonate
classification and components (Folk and Dunham)
Lecture: Carbonate mineralogy
and stability
Lab: Carbonate petrology:
limestones, dolostones, porosity, Folk and Dunham's classification
systems
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Week 15 |
Lecture: Carbonate shelf systems,
modern reefs
Lecture: Poster presentations (all
groups!)
Lab: Lab final- comprehensive rock
I.D.
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Comprehensive Final Exam: Monday, May 14th, 12:45-2:45
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