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Week 1
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Lecture: Course introduction,
weathering
Lecture: Sedimentary textures, fabric,
maturity
Lab: No lab- compensation for field
trip
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Week 2
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Lecture:
Classification of siliclastic sedimentary rocks
Lecture: Fundamentals of fluid
flow, density and viscosity, particle transport, Hjulstrom curve
Lab: Grain size
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Week
3
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Lecture: Bedform progression
Lecture: Beds, bedding and primary
sedimentary structures
Lab: Sand texture, sand provenance
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Week 4
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Lecture: Sedimentary structures
Lecture: Sedimentary structures
(continued)
Lab: Clastic sedimentary
structures
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Week
5
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Lecture: Sandstone classification-
Folk and Gilbert's classification systems
Exam #1: Wednesday, February 27th
Lab: Petrology of silicilastic
rocks: shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate
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Week
6
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Lecture: Mass movements,
sediment gravity flows
Lecture:
Deep marine sedimentation, deep sea fans
Lab: Sandstone petrology: practice
with Folk and Gilbert's systems
Weekend field trip: Measuring
stratigraphic sections, deep sea fans in the field
(Saturday March 9th -
Sunday March 10th)
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Week 7
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Lecture: Alluvial fans
Lecture: Braided streams
Lab: Constructing stratigraphic
columns using powerpoint
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Week 8
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Lecture: Meandering, anastomosing
streams
Lecture: Lacustrine systems
Lab: Constructing stratigraphic
columns using powerpoint, cont'd
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Spring break, Geology
111B field trip: March 22nd - 30th |
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Week 9 |
Lecture: No class or lab Monday (Cesar Chavez Day)
Lecture: Deltaic systems
Lab: No lab
this week
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Week 10
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Lecture: Glacial deposition
Lecture: Eolian deposits
Lab: Sandstone petrography 1
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Week 11 |
Exam #2: Monday, April 15th
Lecture: Coal and carbonaceous
rocks
Lab: Sandstone petrography 2
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Week 12 |
Lecture: Evaporite minerals,
evaporite deposits
Lecture: Chert, ironstone,
phosphate, glauconite
Lab: Petrology of coal,
carbonaceous rocks, chert, ironstone, phosphatic rocks,
glauconite
Weekend field trip: Coastal processes,
sedimentary environments
(Friday April 26th through
Sunday April 28th)
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Week 13 |
Lecture: Carbonate
classification and components (Folk and Dunham)
Lecture: Carbonate mineralogy
and stability
Lab: Petrology of carbonate
rocks
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Week 14
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Lecture: Carbonate production,
carbonate shelves
Video: Carbonate reef ecology
Lab: Carbonate petrography (thin
sections)
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Week 15 |
Lecture: Modern and ancient reefs
Lecture: Dolomitization, carbonate
diagenesis
Lab practical exam
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Comprehensive Final Exam: Monday, May 20th, 12:45-2:45
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