GEOL 3680: Sedimentary Geology
Credits: 4. Contact Hours: Lecture 3, Laboratory 3.
Prereq: GEOL 1020
Exploration of the interplay between weathering, sedimentation, sea-level change, tectonics, and life through time that creates sedimentary rocks and stratigraphic packages. Understanding of the historical development of sedimentary geology through the development of petrography, paleontology, deep earth sampling, geophysical technologies, and geochemistry. Field and laboratory problem sets illuminate lecture material.
(Typically Offered: Fall)