Class Schedule and Reading Assignments
Principles of Stratigraphy - Spring 2008

All readings are from Boggs' Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (Fourth Edition), unless otherwise noted.

To download a text-only version of the lecture presentation, or view selected lab assignments, click on the appropriate link below.

Week
 Date
Lecture Number and Title
(Click lecture title to view presentation)
Reading*

1

Jan 15
Jan 16

Jan 17

1.  T: Significance of Sedimentary Geology

     W: Lab 1,  Siliclastic sedimentary rock classification 
2.  R: Physical Properties of sediments, sedimentary rocks

Ch. 1
Handout, TBA

Ch. 3

2

Jan 22
Jan 23

Jan 24

3.  T: Siliclastic Sedimentary Rocks
     W: Lab 2, Reading and Discussion (Black Shales)

4.  R: Sediment transport mechanisms

Ch. 5

Handouts, TBA

Ch. 2

3

Jan 29
Jan 30

Jan 31

5.  T: Sedimentary Structures    

     W: Lab 3, Sedimentary structures: Identification

      R: Exam I

Ch. 4

Handouts, TBA

4

Feb  5

Feb  6
Feb  7

6.  T: Depositional systems, Facies, and Walther’s Law

     W: Lab 4, Sedimentary structures: Generation 
7.  R: Fluvial and Lacustrine Systems

Ch. 8

Handouts, TBA
Ch. 8.2, 8.4

5

Feb 12
Feb 13

Feb 14

8.   T: Eolian and Deltaic Systems
      W: Lab 5, Turbidity Currents

9.   R: Siliclastic Tidal and Beach Systems

Ch. 8.3, 9.1-9.2
Handouts, TBA

Ch. 9.3-9.6

6

Feb 19

Feb 20
Feb 21

10. T:  Siliclastic Marginal Marine Systems
      W: Lab 6, Turbidity Currents

11. R:  Pelagic (Deep water) Systems

Ch. 10.1-10.2
Handouts, TBA

Ch. 10.3

7

Feb 26

Feb 27

Feb 28

12. T: Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks
     W: Lab 7, Carbonate Petrology

13. R: Shallow water carbonate systems

Ch. 6
Handouts, TBA

Ch. 11.1-11.5

8

Mar  4

Mar  5
Mar  6

14. T: Evaporites and vaporitic systems
     W: Exam II (75 minute duration)

15. R: Stratigraphic Principles and units

Ch. 7.1-7.2; 11.6
 

Ch. 12.1-12.3

9

Mar  11

Mar  12
Mar  13

16. T: Lithostratigraphy; Nature of the Stratigraphic Record

     W: Lab 8, Reading and discussion- More Gaps than Record, Derek Ager
17. R: Classical Biostratigraphy 

Ch. 12.4-12.6

Handouts, TBA
Ch. 14
  Mar 17-23

No classes, Spring Break

  

10

Mar  25

Mar  26

Mar  27

18. T: Quantitative Biostratigraphy
      W: Lab 9, Reading and Discussion "Simplifying the Stratigraphy of Time"

19. R: Core and Wire-line Logging

Handouts, TBA
Handouts, TBA

Handouts, TBA

11

Apr 1

Apr 2
Apr 3

20. T: Magnetostratigraphy and Chemostratigraphy

      W: Lab 10, Facies Model Interpretation
21.  R: Radiometric (Numerical) dating methods

Ch. 13.1, 13.4; 15

Handouts, TBA
Ch. 18.1-18.5

Apr 5

Saturday field trip, Selected Ohio Outcrop

12

Apr 8
Apr 9

Apr 10

22. T:  Seismic Stratigraphy

      W:  Exam III  (75 minute duration)
23. R:  Plate Tectonics and sedimentation

Ch. 13.2-13.3

 

Ch. 16.1-16.3

13

Apr 15

Apr 16
Apr 17

24. T:  Basin Analysis
      W: Lab 11, Group Research on Field Guide

25. R:  Sea level change and sedimentation

Ch. 16.4-16.7
Handouts, TBA

Handouts, TBA

14

Apr 22

Apr 23
Apr 25

26. T: Sequence Stratigraphy – theory

      W: Lab 12, Presentation of W. Virgina Field Guide
27. R:  Sequence Stratigraphy – application

Ch. 13.3
Handouts, TBA
Handouts, TBA

Apr 25-27

Overnight weekend field trip, Southern West Virginia

15

Apr 29

Apr 30

May 1

28. T:  Sedimentary Resources
      W: Reading and Discussion: Experimental Earthscape

29.  R: The future of sedimentology and stratigraphy

Ch. 7

Handouts, TBA
Handouts, TBA
   

End of class sessions

  

16

May 8


Final Exam 

 

12:45 pm - 3:00 pm Thursday, May 8th    
 

  

* Any changes to the readings will be announced in class and listed on this web page prior to each lecture.

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