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Credit points: 15.0
Coordinator: Dr M W Wallace
Prerequisite: Earth Sciences 625-101 and 625-102; Earth Sciences 625-211 is recommended as a corequisite
Note: Special requirements: Geological hammer, hand lens and compass. Consult the departmental notice board for dates and charges for excursions, accommodation and food, which will be fixed as early as possible in the first semester.
Contact: 26 lectures (two a week), 26 hours practical work (two hours a week), and 6 days field work
Timetable: First semester and mid-year break
Objectives:
On completion of this subject, students should:
- acquire an understanding of the processes involved in the formation of sedimentary rocks and stratigraphic successions;
- be able to recognise, describe and interpret the common types of sedimentary rocks in the laboratory and in the field.
Content:
Sedimentary processes of transportation, deposition and diagenesis; formation of sedimentary structures; petrography of clastic and carbonate sedimentary rocks. Principles of stratigraphy, including lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy. Field mapping, including individual mapping projects.
Assessment:
A 2-hour end-of-semester written examination; a 2-hour practical examination or reports totalling up to 1,500 words; a 8 page field report.
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Science (Volume 4 page 186)
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