GEOS 302(S) Sedimentation

This course will provide an introduction to the principles and applications of Sedimentology and sedimentary petrology. Sediments and sedimentary rocks record a multistage history which can be read and interpreted from their composition and architecture. To understand the physical processes of sediment deposition, we will review the principles of fluid flow as they control entrainment of sediment and development of sedimentary bedforms, systematically describe and interpret the composition and structuring of sedimentary deposits (modern and ancient), and learn the characteristics of different depositional environments of sediment deposition. To understand source rocks and geologic setting, we will investigate the controls on sediment composition, as well as the connection between plate tectonics and sedimentation. Lectures and discussion, three hours per week; one three-hour laboratory each week; one all-day field trip. Evaluation will be based on laboratory work, one or two hour tests, an oral report, and a final exam. Prerequisite: any 100-level Geosciences course or consent of the instructor.

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