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This module consists of six lectures, four practicals and a fieldtrip, which usually takes place during the Easter vacation. This course aims to provide students with a knowledge and understanding of:
- sedimentology and the principles of stratigraphy, facies analysis, and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction;
- sediment transport / deposition processes in a range of sedimentary environments, both in siliciclastic and carbonate systems;
- measurement and interpretation of sedimentary and structural features;
- construction of sedimentary logs at a bed scale, and at a mapping scale;
- recognition of a range of fossils and trace fossils;
By the end of this module students will gain:
- an understanding of many sedimentary rocks and their depositional environment
- a basic understanding of simple fluid dynamics applied to sediment transport/deposition processes;
- an understanding of process-based aspects of selected modern and ancient sedimentary environments, variability and criteria for recognition;
- an introduction to the concept of [sequence] stratigraphy analysis as tool to help understand sedimentary environments;
- ability to measure and interpret various sedimentary and structural features
GEOL0006 Surface Processes, GEOL0015 Maps, Images and Structures, GEOL0016 Structural Geology are pre-requisites for this module.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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