Objectives:

Upon completion of this unit students should be able to: Discuss tidal range Identify beach, barrier island and strand plain deposits Name the parts of a beach Discuss how long shore drift and rip currents affect beach sedimentation List and discuss common sedimentary structures, grain size and features of beach deposits Discuss the stability and longevity of barrier islands from a human perspective

  

Reading Assignments:

Lecture 18: Beach deposits- Boggs, 5th edition, pp. 260-267   Please fill out a reading log for this week's reading assignments.  Reading logs are due Wednesday at the start of class.   Reading log

   

Class notes:

Lecture 18 notes

   

Graphics from lectures:

Lecture 18 graphics

 

Midterm review:

Several approaches will help you succeed on the second midterm exam.  You should study your notes, review reading sections from the book, review lab material, and practice with old exams and study guide questions.   Copies of old exams are available to help you review for the midterm:   2010 midterm 2011 midterm 2013 midterm 2014 midterm 2015 midterm 2016 midterm   Key for midterm #2 You may find questions on the old exams that we did not cover in lecture, lab or readings.  You can ignore those questions. Study guide for the second exam:  Study guide for midterm #2 Questions on the study guide are similar to questions you can expect on the first midterm exam.

 

Weekend field trip:

Our field trip will leave from Parking structure #3 at 8:00 A.M. Friday morning.  Please arrive early to help load the vehicles.   We will return at about 6:00 Sunday evening.  Your assignment for the weekend will be to take notes at our stops.  I will collect field notebooks when we return.   I will pass out a copy of the field trip guide.  Here is an extra copy if you need it:   Coastal field trip guide

 

Lab this week:   In lab this week each group will present the results of their group stratigraphy project.  We will take turns going between posters and listening to the presenters.  You will be responsible for this information about each local unit: What is the age? What are the common lithologies? Where is it exposed? How thick is it? What is the economic value (if any)?

 

Group project posters:

Arroyo Seco formation Fair Oaks unit Ione Formation Laguna Formation Mehrten Formation Valley Springs Formation