Dr. Robert A. Gastaldo ragastal@colby.edu	Whipple-Coddington Professor of Geology
Classroom: MUDD 219	Morning Class Time: T, TH 9:30-10:45 Afternoon Class Time: T 1:00-4:00

Textbook: Prothero, D.R., and Schwab, F., 2003, Sedimentary Geology 2^nd Edition: W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, 557 p.

Week 1 Readings: Chapter 1; Chapter 2: pgs. 18-23

7 February: Sedimentary Systems in Space & Time

Lecture Notes

Week 2 Readings: Chapter 5

12 February: Grain Shape & Size Characteristics

Grain Shape: Lecture Notes

Grain Size Analysis: Lecture Notes

14 February: Conglomerates & Breccias

Lecture Notes

Selection of EOD Topic Due

Week 3 Readings: Chapters 3, 4, & 6; Journal Articles linked below for 21 February

19 February: Sandstones & Mudrocks

Sandstone Lecture Notes

Mudrocks Lecture Notes

21 February: Sedimentary Processes & Primary Sedimentary Structures

Literature Search Bibliography & Presentation Outline Due

Week 4 Readings: Chapter 7

26 February: Biogenic Sedimentary Structures

Biogenic Structures: Lecture Notes

Grains Size Analysis of Mud

28 February: Siliciclastic Diagenesis

Siliciclastic Diagenesis Lecture Notes

Week 5 Readings: Chapters 8 [Terrestrial Sed Enviornments], 9 [Coastal Environments] & 10 [Clastic Marine and Pelagic Sediments]: 13 & 14

4 March: STUDENT PRESENTATIONS: Continental Depositional Regimes & Transitional Depositional Regimes

6 March: Biogenic & Non-Carbonate Organic-Rich Rocks

Biogenic Rocks: Lecture Notes

11 March: Carbonates

Carbonates: Lecture Notes

Siliciclastic EOD Term Paper Draft DUE

13 March: STUDENT PRESENTATIONS: Carbonate Depositional Regimes

Week 7 Readings: Chapter 11, pgs. 229-235

18 March: Carbonate Diagenesis & Dolomitization

Carbonate Diagenesis Lecture Notes

20 March: Mid-Term Practical Exam

Carbonate EOD Term Paper Draft DUE

22-29 MARCH SPRING BREAK

Week 8 Readings: Chapter 15, pgs. 302-311

1 APRIL: Lithostratigraphy & Parasequences

Lithostratigraphy: Lecture Notes

3 April: Lithostratigraphy & Parasequences

Facies Analysis:Lecture Notes

Week 9 Readings: Chapter 15, pgs. 311-316

8 April: Facies Analysis, Architectural Elements, & Paleocurrents

Paleocurrent: Lecture Notes

10 April: Petrophysical Methods & Parasequences

Well Logs: Lecture Notes

Week 10 Readings: Chapter 15, pgs. 317-333

15 April: Petrophysical Methods & Correlation Methods

Correlation: Lecture Notes

17 April: Depositional Sequences

Depositional Systems: Lecture Notes

REVISED Term Papers Due

Week 11 Readings: Chapter 19

22 April: Sequence Stratigraphy

Sequence Stratigraphy Lecture Notes

24 April: Sequence Stratigraphy

Week 12 Readings: Chapter 19 & Consult Steve Holland's Online Guide to Sequence Stratigraphy at the University of Georgia.

30 April: Sequence Stratigraphy over Space & Time - Wheeler Diagrams

1 May: Basin Analysis

Basin Analysis Lecture Notes

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Week 13 Readings:

• Bond, C.E., Gibbs, A.D., Shipton, Z.K., and Jones, S., 2007, What do you think this is? "Conceptual uncertainty" in the geoscience interpretation: GSAToday, v. 17, n. 11, p. 4-11. Download .pdf

6 May: Basin Analysis - Isopach Maps

Basin Analysis Lecture Notes

8 May: Seminar on "Conceptual Uncertainty"

FINAL EXAM - FRIDAY - 16 May 2008 at 12:30 pm

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