This graduate-level course provides an introduction to the analysis of sedimentary basins and the interpretation of their fill history using a variety of tools.
Class meets Mondays and Wednesdays throughout the semester.
GEO528 Syllabus (revised 3/21/11) and Grading
Policy, Spring Semester, 2011
Week #1-2: Introduction to sedimentary basins
Week #2-3: Review of sedimentary structures, paleocurrent indicators
Lecture #2 powerpoint (sed structure review)
Lecture #3 powerpoint (paleocurrent analysis)Lab #1: Paleocurrent indicator analysis
Week #4-6: Provenance considerations
Week #7-8: Geophysical applications to basin analysis
Lecture #5 - courtesy of Robert Lankston
Lecture #5 class hand-outs
Week #8-9: Subsidence Analysis
Week #9: Continental Environments
Week #12: Rifts
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