Sedimentary Facies Models

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Multiscale description and interpretation of a range of terrestrial and marine sedimentary depositional settings of clastic, chemical/biochemical, and carbonaceous sedimentary rocks. Distinction of sedimentary facies and facies successions based on recognition of characteristic lithologies, structures, fossil content or geochemical composition, as applicable. Discussion of the mechanisms by which the biological, climatic, and geological evolution of the Earth is recorded in sedimentary rocks. Prerequisite(s): 3 units from Earth 310 or Geology 313; 3 units from Earth 320 or Geology 381. Antirequisite(s): Credit for Earth 425 and 6 units from Geology 463 and 483 will not be allowed.