Objectives:

Upon completion of this unit students should be able to: List and describe the properties of different grades of coal in hand specimen List and describe the geochemical properties of different ranks of coal Discuss the abundance of different types of coal in the world and in the United States Evaluate the environmental issues with burning a particular type of coal. Describe longitudinal and lateral profiles (shapes) of an alluvial fan. Discuss the difference between a debris flow and a stream-dominated alluvial fan. List common features and deposits of an alluvial fan, including grain size patterns (longitudinal and vertical). Name the parts of an alluvial fan, and discuss the sedimentary structures in each.

  

Reading Assignments:

Lecture 12: Coal and carbonaceous rocks- Boggs, 5th edition, pp. 194-202   Lecture 13: Alluvial fans- Boggs, 5th edition, pp. 208-209, 211-215   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 12 notes Lecture 13 notes

   

Graphics from lectures:

Lecture 12 graphics Lecture 13 graphics

  

 

Lab this week-   Sedimentary petrography week 2.  We will meet in Placer Hall rm. 1002, and finish looking at clastic sediments in thin section.   Your lab write up will be due after spring break.  In today's lab period you will look at examples of the remaining clastic grains.  Your lab will be due the week after Spring break.   Bring drawing pencils and colored pencils to lab!   I will pass out a copy of the lab.  If you need to print more pages you can get a new copy here:   Grain catalog