Lectures and Labs
* = vans will leave at 2 pm sharp
September
28 No class (Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site Workshop)
30 Introduction to Sedimentary Geology, STRATA
October
5 Weathering and Sediment Production
6 STRATA Lab
7 Sediment Transport
12 Bedforms
13 Structures Lab
14 Alluvial Systems
19 Deltas
*20 Ridge Basin-Deltaic section
21 Continental Shelf
26 Deep Water Deposits
*27 Ridge Basin-Overview
28 Eolian Systems (Mid-Term Examination)
November
2 Carbonates
3 Carbonates + Clastics Lab
4 Lamination/Structures in Carbonates
11 Diagenesis - Lecture 11_Lamination in Carbs.pdf
*12-14 Field Trip: Sed/Strat in the Death Valley area
16 Reefs
17 Diagenesis Lab
18 Evaporites
23 Stratigraphic Concepts
25 Holiday
30 Sequence Stratigraphy
December
1 STRATA Lab
2 Sequence Stratigraphy
7 Study Period
9 Exam