Sedimentary Petrology

5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

Lecture, two to three hours; laboratory, six hours; field trips. Requisite: course 51. Recommended: course 61. Study of sedimentary rocks based on characteristics of sedimentary particles and dynamics of depositional processes. Lectures focus on development of depositional facies models, and laboratories emphasize recognition of sedimentary deposits from each major depositional facies. P/NP or letter grading.