Objectives:

Upon completion of this unit students should be able to: Discuss the economic importance of deltas Identify major deltaic facies, and describe sedimentary structures and water depths in each facies Be familiar with fluvial, wave and tide-dominated deltas and their features List and discuss features, sedimentary structures, fossils or relationships that are common in a deltaic sequence Identify eolian dune forms based on the number of slip faces Distinguish between barchan and parabolic dunes Discuss common interdune features Talk about where wadi deposits form

  

Reading Assignments:

Lecture 16: Deltaic deposits- Boggs, 5th ed., pp. 246-260  Lecture 17: Eolian systems- Boggs, 5th ed., pp. 220-228   Please fill out a reading log for this week's reading assignments.  Reading logs are due Wednesday at the start of class.   Reading log

   

Class notes:

Lecture 16 notes Lecture 17 notes

   

Graphics from lectures:

Lecture 16 graphics Lecture 17 graphics

  

Lab this week-   No lab this week- compensation for weekend field trip.