GEOL2100- Stratigraphy & Sedimentation, Spring 2017

GEOL2100- Stratigraphy & Sedimentation,
Spring 2017
MWF 10-11, GEO 216

Syllabus Lab Schedule

Geologic Timescale

Exam Dates
02/24 - Lecture Exam 1
03/09 - Lab Exam 1
04/07 - Lecture Exam 2
04/08 - Field Trip, 8 AM - 5 PM
05/04 - Lab Exam 2
05/10 - Final Exam 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Lecture Assignments

Assignemnt 1 - Chemical Weathering Due Mon, 1/30, 10 AM

Assignemnt 2 - Sediment Transport Due Wed, 2/8, 10 AM

Assignemnt 3 - Rivers Due Wed, 2/15, 10 AM

Assignemnt 4 - Mass Conservation and Deltas Due Wed, 2/22, 10 AM

Assignemnt 5 - Relative Sea Level and Deltas Due Wed, 3/6, 10 AM

Assignemnt 6 - Coastal & Aeolian Due Wed, 3/20, 10 AM

Assignemnt 7 - Carbonate Platform Due Mon, 4/17, 10 AM

Assignemnt 8 - Sequences Due Wed, 5/3, 10 AM

Lecture Notes Electronic Coursepack

Lecture 1 - Introduction and goals

Lecture 2 - Weathering and Sedimentary Materials Weathering

Lecture 3 - Weathering and Sedimentary Materials Sedimentary Rocks

Lecture 4 - Weathering and Sedimentary Materials

Lecture 5 - Sediment Transport and Structures Sediment Transport

Lecture 6 - Sediment Transport and Structures

Lecture 7 - Sediment Transport and Structures Structures

Lecture 8 - Environment: Glaciers Glaical Environment

Lecture 9 - Environment: Rivers Rivers

Lecture 10 - Environment: Rivers

Lecture 11 - Fluvial Stratigraphy

Lecture 12 - Sediment Mass Conservation

Lecture 13 - Environment: Deltas Deltas

Lecture 14 - Deltas

Exam I

Exam I - Return & Review

Lecture 17 - Deltas

Lecture 18 - Environment: Aeolian Aeolian

Lecture 19 - Environment: Coasts Coasts

Lecture 20 - Coasts

Lecture 21 - Coasts

Lecture 22 - Environment: Deepwater Deepwater

Lecture 23 - Introduction to Chemical Sediments Chemical Sediments

Lecture 24 - Carbonate Chemistry I Carbonate Chemistry

Lecture 25 - Carbonate Chemistry I

Lecture 26 - Invertebrates

Lecture 27 - Non-Skeletal Allochems

Lecture 28 - Other Carbonate Constituents

Lecture 29 - Carbonate Factories

Exam II

Exam II - Return & Review

Lecture 32 - Environment: Platforms Carbonate Environments

Lecture 33 - Environment: Peritidal

Lecture 34 - Environment: Evaporites

Lecture 37 - The Sedimentary Cycle

Lecture 38 - Sequences

Lecture 40 - Stratigraphic Types

Lecture 41 - Odds and Ends

Lecture 42 - Review

Lecture Assignments
Assignemnt 1 - Chemical Weathering	Due Mon, 1/30, 10 AM
Assignemnt 2 - Sediment Transport	Due Wed, 2/8, 10 AM
Assignemnt 3 - Rivers	Due Wed, 2/15, 10 AM
Assignemnt 4 - Mass Conservation and Deltas	Due Wed, 2/22, 10 AM
Assignemnt 5 - Relative Sea Level and Deltas	Due Wed, 3/6, 10 AM
Assignemnt 6 - Coastal & Aeolian	Due Wed, 3/20, 10 AM
Assignemnt 7 - Carbonate Platform	Due Mon, 4/17, 10 AM
Assignemnt 8 - Sequences	Due Wed, 5/3, 10 AM

Lecture Notes	Electronic Coursepack

Lecture 1 - Introduction and goals
Lecture 2 - Weathering and Sedimentary Materials	Weathering
Lecture 3 - Weathering and Sedimentary Materials	Sedimentary Rocks
Lecture 4 - Weathering and Sedimentary Materials
Lecture 5 - Sediment Transport and Structures	Sediment Transport
Lecture 6 - Sediment Transport and Structures
Lecture 7 - Sediment Transport and Structures	Structures
Lecture 8 - Environment: Glaciers	Glaical Environment
Lecture 9 - Environment: Rivers	Rivers
Lecture 10 - Environment: Rivers
Lecture 11 - Fluvial Stratigraphy
Lecture 12 - Sediment Mass Conservation
Lecture 13 - Environment: Deltas	Deltas
Lecture 14 - Deltas
Exam I
Exam I - Return & Review
Lecture 17 - Deltas
Lecture 18 - Environment: Aeolian	Aeolian
Lecture 19 - Environment: Coasts	Coasts
Lecture 20 - Coasts
Lecture 21 - Coasts
Lecture 22 - Environment: Deepwater	Deepwater
Lecture 23 - Introduction to Chemical Sediments	Chemical Sediments
Lecture 24 - Carbonate Chemistry I	Carbonate Chemistry
Lecture 25 - Carbonate Chemistry I
Lecture 26 - Invertebrates
Lecture 27 - Non-Skeletal Allochems
Lecture 28 - Other Carbonate Constituents
Lecture 29 - Carbonate Factories
Exam II
Exam II - Return & Review
Lecture 32 - Environment: Platforms	Carbonate Environments
Lecture 33 - Environment: Peritidal
Lecture 34 - Environment: Evaporites
Lecture 37 - The Sedimentary Cycle
Lecture 38 - Sequences
Lecture 40 - Stratigraphic Types
Lecture 41 - Odds and Ends
Lecture 42 - Review