Earth Sciences

ESCI4212Sedimentary Environments, Landforms, and Sequences (A)4 ch (3C 3L) (W)

Lectures focus on processes active in modern sedimentary environments, landform development, and facies (e.g., rivers, lakes, deltas, estuaries, beaches, barrier islands, shallow and deep oceans); and their interpretation and successions in the geologic record (sequence stratigraphy).  Labs cover microscopic examination of sedimentary diagenesis, introductory air photo/image analysis and interpretation, and exercises relating to paleogeography, sea-/lake-level change, and (sequence-) stratigraphic correlation.

Prerequisites: ESCI 2142, ESCI 2211

Recommended: ESCI 3271.