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EASC 201: Stratigraphy & Sedimentation

EASC 201 is an introduction to the nature, origin and interpretation of stratified earth materials. The course integrates principles of stratigraphy with principles of sedimentology in order to develop techniques for the interpretation of sedimentary facies, prediction of facies architecture, reconstruction of paleogeography and of depositional history.

• Introduction to sedimentology, including: chemical sedimentation, clastic process sedimentology, basis of flow regime theory, identification and interpretation of physical and biogenic sedimentary structures.
• The character of facies, including: the facies concept, the use of facies associations, applications of Walther's Law, development of facies models, and the interpretation of depositional environments.
• The character of facies associations in depositional settings ranging from terrestrial to deep marine environments.
• Introduction to stratigraphy, including: stratigraphic principles, lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, and chronostratigraphy.
• Genetic stratigraphy, including: allostratigraphy, genetic stratigraphic sequences, an emphasis on sequence stratigraphy, relative sea level and eustacy vs. tectonics, systems tracts and depositional environments, reconstruction of depositional history.

Boggs, S. Jr. 2006. Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Fourth Edition, Merrill Publishing Co., 662p