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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 22nd
Lab: Petrology of silicilastic
rocks: shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate
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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: practice
with Folk and Gilbert's systems
Day trip: Measuring stratigraphic sections, deep sea fans in the field
Monday lab period: field
trip on Saturday March 4th
Wednesday lab period: field
trip on Sunday March 5th
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Week 7
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Lecture: Alluvial fans
Lecture: Braided streams
Lab: Sandstone petrography I:
sandstones in thin section
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Week 8
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Lecture: Meandering, anastomosing
streams
Lecture: Evaporite minerals,
evaporite deposits
Lab: Sandstone petrography II:
sandstones in thin section
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Spring break:
March 18th-26th |
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Week 9 |
Lecture: Chert, ironstone,
phosphate, glauconite
Lecture: Coal and carbonaceous
rocks
Lab: Petrography of chert,
ironstone, phosphates, coal, carbonaceous rocks
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Week 10
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Monday schedule: Monday lab visits
their group project research area
Wednesday schedule: Wednesday lab
visits their group project research area
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Week 11 |
Monday schedule: Monday lab visits
a different field site, Wednesday lab group works on stratigraphy poster
Wednesday schedule: Wednesday lab
visits a different field site, Monday lab group works on stratigraphy
poster
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Week 12 |
Lecture: Deltaic systems
Lecture: Eolian systems
Lab: Group project presentations
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Week 13 |
Lecture: Beach deposits and
environments
Exam #2: Wednesday, April 26th
Lab: No lab this week,
compensation for weekend field trip
Weekend field trip: Sedimentary environments
and coastal processes (Friday April 28th through
Sunday April 30th)
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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: Modern reef facies, reefs
through time
Lab: Carbonate petrography: micrite, spar,
allochems
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Comprehensive Final Exam: Monday, May 15th, 12:45-2:45
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