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Marine Sedimentology
Prof. G.M. Ashley. [Prerequisite: 01:460:340 or equivalent.] Examination of the physical processes of sedimentation on the continental shelf and continental slope environments. The interrelationship between organisms and sediment as well as environmental problems.
Syllabus
Week # |
Topics |
| 1 |
Introduction |
| 2 |
Estuaries |
| 3 |
Estuaries |
| 4 |
Estuaries |
| 5 |
Inner Shelf; Term paper topic deadline |
| 6 |
Shore-Attached Sand Ridges |
| 7 |
Shore-Attached Sand Ridges |
| 8 |
Video and Discussion |
| 9 |
Storm-dominated shelves |
| 10 |
TERM PAPER DUE |
| 11 |
Storm-dominated shelves |
| 12 |
Trace Fossils |
| 13 |
Tide-dominated shelves; Term Paper Revisions Due |
| 14 |
Sea level Effects |
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