Spring 2019 - EASC 312 D100
Stratigraphy (3)
Class Number: 2246
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 8, 2019: Tue, Thu, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 11, 2019
Thu, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
James Maceachern
jmaceach@sfu.ca
1 778 782-5388
Office: TASC 1 Room 7235
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Prerequisites:
EASC 201 and 204. Recommended: EASC 206, 302. All with a grade of C- or better.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
The principles of stratigraphy, and their integration with sedimentary facies analysis. Techniques applicable to outcrop and subsurface correlation, as well as the principal stratigraphic paradigms and their application to the rock record are discussed.
COURSE DETAILS:
General:
This course concentrates on the principles of stratigraphy, and its integration with sedimentary facies analysis. Techniques applicable to outcrop and subsurface correlation will be addressed. The principal stratigraphic paradigms and their application(s) to the rock record are discussed.
Course Topics:
1. Selection of datums
2. Correlation techniques
3. Interpretation of stratigraphic versus structural cross-sections
4. Lithostratigraphy
5. Biostratigraphy
6. Chronostratigraphy
7. Magnetostratigraphy
8. Seismic Stratigraphy
9. Genetic Stratigraphy (allostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy)
10. Integration of stratigraphic techniques with subsurface mapping techniques
Course Organization: Two 1-hour lectures and one 3-hour lab per week.
Grading
- Lab Assignments 50%
- Mid-Term Theory Exam 20%
- Final Theory Exam (Comprehensive) 30%
NOTES:
pdf versions of lecture notes to be posted on Canvas.
Materials
RECOMMENDED READING:
Brookfield, M.E., 2004 Principles of Stratigraphy, Blackwell, Oxford, 340p.
ISBN: 978-1-405-11164-5
Catuneanu, O., 2006. Principles of Sequence Stratigraphy, Elsevier, New York, 375p.
ISBN: 9780444515681
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