Earth Sciences

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

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

Prerequisites: ESCI 2142, ESCI 2211Recommended: ESCI 2272