GEOL 340 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Lecture Notes
Lecture 01 Introduction and Basic Definitions
Lecture 02 Physical Properties of Sediments
Lecture 03 Bedding and Historical Benchmarks
Lecture 04 Weathering and Diagenesis
Lecture 05 Fluid Properties and Types
Lecture 06 Boundary Layer and Entrainment
Lecture 07 Bedforms and Gravity Flows
Lecture 08 Stratification
Lecture 09 Sedimentary Structures
Lecture 10 Clastics: Composition and
Classification
Lecture 11 Carbonates: Composition
and Classification
Lecture 12 Other Deposits: Composition
and Classification
Lecture 13 Sedimentary Rocks in Thin
Section
Lecture 14 Facies Models and Alluvial
Fan Facies
Lecture 15 Fluvial and Aeolian Facies
Lecture 16 Lacustrine and Glacial Facies
Lecture 17 Deltaic and Barrier Beach
Facies
Lecture 18 Tidal Flats and Marine Facies
Lecture 19 Clastic Marine Shelf and
Deep Sea
Lecture 20 Marine Carbonate Facies
Lecture 21 Carbonate Reef Facies
Lecture 22 Evaporite and Mixed Facies
Lecture 23 Lithostratigraphy, Contacts and Correlations
Lecture 24 Well Logs, Seismics and
Sequences
Lecture 25 Sequence Stratigraphy and
Graphics
Lecture 26 Time Scales and Sea Level
Curves
Lecture 27 French Alps Vercors Case
Study
Lecture 28 Stratigraphic Cycles and
Cyclothems
Lecture 29 Biostratigraphy and Graphic
Correlation
Lecture 30 Chemostratigraphy
Lecture 31 Chemostratigraphy
Lecture 32 Magnetostratigraphy
Lecture 33 Sea Level: Definitions and
Drivers
Lecture 34 Sea Level: Reconstruction
Methods
Lecture 35 Sea Level: Reconstruction
Methods
Lecture 36 Netherlands Antilles Reefs
Case Study
Lecture 37 Field Trip Geological Overview
Lecture 38 Yellowstone Mammoth Hot
Springs Case Study
Lecture 39 Belize and Mexico KT Impact
Case Study