Spring 2019 - EASC 612 G100
Stratigraphy (3)
Class Number: 5881
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Location: TBA
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Instructor:
James Maceachern
jmaceach@sfu.ca
1 778 782-5388
Office: TASC 1 Room 7235
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Stratigraphic concepts of lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy and genetic stratigraphy. The course concentrates on genetic stratigraphy, with emphasis on allostratigraphy, genetic stratigraphic sequences and sequence stratigraphy. Students will critically assess each paradigm and its applicability to both the subdivision and the interpretation of the sedimentary record. Relative sea level changes and their effects on deposition will be discussed in relation to the preserved sedimentary record. Students will examine the utility of facies analysis in the various genetic stratigraphic frameworks and the viability of reconstructing the depositional history of sedimentary successions.
COURSE DETAILS:
The course starts with a review of the stratigraphic concepts of lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, and chronostratigraphy. The course concentrates on genetic stratigraphy, with emphasis on allostratigraphy, genetic stratigraphic sequences and sequence stratigraphy. Aspects of magnetostratigraphy and seismic stratigraphy, particularly in the context of genetic stratigraphy are introduced. Students will critically assess each paradigm and its applicability to both the subdivision and the interpretation of the sedimentary record. Relative sea level changes and their effects on deposition will be discussed in relation to the preserved sedimentary record. Students will examine the utility of facies analysis in the various genetic stratigraphic frameworks and the viability of reconstructing the depositional history of sedimentary successions. Laboratory assignments will focus on correlation techniques.
Course Topics:
1. Introduction to Stratigraphy
2. Lithostratigraphy; Facies Concepts
3. Biostratigraphy; Magnetostratigraphy and Graphic Correlation
4. Chronostratigraphy, Seismic Stratigraphy
5. Genetic Stratigraphic Frameworks: Allostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy
6. Subsurface Stratigraphic Techniques
Course Organization:
One 2-hour lecture per week. One 3-hour laboratory per week
Grading
- Seminar Evaluations 20%
- Term Paper 30%
- Lab Assignments 50%
Materials
RECOMMENDED READING:
Brookfield, M.E., 2004. Principles of Stratigraphy, Blackwell Publishing, 340p. Catuneanu, O., 2006. Principles of Sequence Stratigraphy, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 375pp.
Readings also will be assigned from classical and current journal articles.
ISBN: 978-0-444-151568-1
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