SEDIMENTOLOGY & STRATIGRAPHY LAB

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: GEOSCI 204 , G L E/GEOSCI 360 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Classify sedimentary rocks on the basis of thin sections, hand samples, and outcrops. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify sedimentary structures and deduce their origin in relation to sediment transport and deposition. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Measure stratigraphic sections and produce complete and accurate field-based written descriptions thereof. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Describe the origin of stratigraphic successions and their relationships to depositional environments and sequence stratigraphy. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Integrate field observations into a coherent geologic interpretation. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Classify sedimentary rocks on the basis of thin sections, hand samples, and outcrops. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify sedimentary structures and deduce their origin in relation to sediment transport and deposition. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Measure stratigraphic sections and produce complete and accurate field-based written descriptions thereof. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Describe the origin of stratigraphic successions and their relationships to depositional environments and sequence stratigraphy. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Integrate field observations into a coherent geologic interpretation. Audience: Graduate