Class Schedule and Reading Assignments
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy - Spring 2012

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

Students enrolled in the class may download lectures and lab assignments from the KSU Sed-Strat dropbox.

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

1

Jan 10
Jan 11

Jan 12

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 17
Jan 18

Jan 19

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 24
Jan 25

Jan 26

5.  T: Sedimentary Structures    

     W: Lab 3, Sedimentary structures: Identification

6.   R:  Depositional systems, Facies, and Walther’s Law

Ch. 4

Handouts, TBA
Ch. 8

4

Jan  31

Feb    1
Feb    2

    T: Exam I

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

 

Handouts, TBA
Ch. 8.2, 8.4

5

Feb    7
Feb    8

Feb    9

8.   T: Eolian and Deltaic Systems
      W: Lab 5, "Are we now living in the Anthropocene?"

9.   R: Siliclastic Tidal and Beach Systems

Ch. 8.3, 9.1-9.2
Handouts, TBA

Ch. 9.3-9.6

6

Feb 14

Feb 15
Feb 16

10. T:  Siliclastic Marginal Marine Systems
      W: Lab 6, Facies Model Interpretation

11. R:  Pelagic (Deep water) Systems

Ch. 10.1-10.2
Handouts, TBA

Ch. 10.3

7

Feb 21

Feb 22
Feb 23

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

13. R: Shallow water carbonate systems (No class - Independent reading)

Ch. 6
Handouts, TBA

Ch. 11.1-11.5

8

Feb 28

Feb 29

Mar  1

14. T: Evaporites and evaporitic systems
     W: Stratigraphic Principles and units

15. R: Exam II

Ch. 7.1-7.2; 11.6
 

Ch. 12.1-12.3

9

Mar  6

Mar  7
Mar  8

16. T: Lithostratigraphy; Nature of the Stratigraphic Record

     W: Lab 8, Turbidity Currents, Part 1
17. R: Classical Biostratigraphy 

Ch. 12.4-12.6

Handouts, TBA
Ch. 14

10

Mar  13

Mar  14
Mar  15

18. T: Quantitative Biostratigraphy
      W: Lab 9, Turbidity Currents, Part 2, and Group Research on Field Guide

19. R: Core and Wire-line Logging

Handouts, TBA
Handouts, TBA

Handouts, TBA
  Mar 19-25

No classes, Spring Break

  

11

Mar  27

Mar  28

Mar  29

20. T: Magnetostratigraphy and Chemostratigraphy

      W: Geologic Time and Radiometric Dating
21.  R: Exam III  (75 minute duration)

Ch. 13.1, 13.4; 15

Handouts, TBA
Ch. 15

12

Apr  3
Apr  4

Apr  5

22. T:  Seismic Stratigraphy

      W:  Lab 10, Group Research on Field Guide
23. R:  Plate Tectonics and sedimentation

Ch. 13.2-13.3

 

Ch. 16.1-16.3

13

Apr 10

Apr 11
Apr 12

24. T:  Basin Analysis
      W: Lab 11, Presentation of W. Virgina Field Guide

25. R:  Sea level change and sedimentation

Ch. 16.4-16.7
Handouts, TBA

Handouts, TBA
  Apr 13-15

Overnight weekend field trip,
Southern West Virginia

  

14

Apr 17

Apr 18
Apr 19

26. T: Sequence Stratigraphy – theory

      W: Lab 12, Reading and discussion- "More Gaps than Record", and "Marxist
                         Stratigraphy and the Golden Spike" Derek Ager
27. R:  Sequence Stratigraphy – application

Ch. 13.3
Handouts, TBA
Handouts, TBA

15

Apr 24

Apr 25
Apr 26

28. T:  Sedimentary Resources
      W: Lab 13, Reading and Discussion - "Excerpts from the North American
                         Stratigraphic code" and "Simplifying the Stratigraphy of Time"

29.  R: The future of sedimentology and stratigraphy

Ch. 7

Handouts, TBA
Handouts, TBA
   

End of class sessions

  

16

May 4

Final Exam 


McGilvrey Hall Room 234

 

  3:15- 5:30 p.m.  Friday., May 4, 2012 		 

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

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