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Sedimentology
Instructor: Dr. Gail M. Ashley
Office: 239A Wright Geological Laboratory, Busch Campus
Lab: Rm 123, Marine Science Building, Busch Campus
Telephone: office (732) 445-2221; lab. 445-1230
E-mail: gmashley@rci.rutgers.edu
Required text: Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 3rd Ed. (Sam Boggs, Jr.)
Prerequisites: Introductory Geology (101); geology majors must have Mineralogy, or take it concurrently
Basis for Grade: Hour exams (40 %); Lab. grade (30%); Final exam (30%)
How to do well in the course:
Attend all classes, labs. and field trips
Read assigned reading before class
Focus on understanding the material, rather than memorizing
If you do not understand something, ask questions in class, by e-mail or during office hours
Review course notes in timely manner; do not cram for exams
Syllabus
Lecture
Week # |
Topics |
| 1 |
Introduction |
| 2 |
Weathering |
| 3 |
Fluid Dynamics |
| 4 |
Fluid Dynamics |
| 5 |
Sediment Dynamics |
| 6 |
Sediment Textures |
| 7 |
Sedimentary Textures |
| 8 |
HOUR EXAM I |
| 9 |
Bedding |
| 10 |
Sedimentary Structures |
| 11 |
Grain Composition |
| 12 |
Rock Classification |
| 13 |
Diagenesis |
| 14 |
Facies Models |
| 15 |
Fluvial |
| 16 |
HOUR EXAM II |
| 17 |
Eolian |
| 18 |
Lacustrine |
| 19 |
Glacial |
| 20 |
Coastal Processes |
| 21 |
Coastal-deltas |
| 22 |
Coastal-barriers |
| 23 |
Coastal-estuaries |
| 24 |
Marine-nearshore |
| 25 |
Non-Silicates |
| 26 |
Non-Silicates |
| 27 |
Carbonates |
| 28 |
Carbonates |
| ... |
FINAL EXAMINATION |
Labs
Week # |
Topics |
| 1 |
No Lab; Saturday field trip: Coastal Processes |
| 2 |
Grain size analysis: pebbles and sand |
| 3 |
Grain size analysis (silt & clay); hydrometer |
| 4 |
Grain size analysis (silt & clay); pipette |
| 5 |
QUIZ I (Labs, 1,2,3,4); Sedimentary Structures
Saturday Field Trip--Newark basin |
| 6 |
Rock Identification: detrital rocks |
| 7 |
Sedimentary petrography: detrital rocks |
| 8 |
Hydrogeology |
| 9 |
QUIZ II (Labs 5,6,7,8); Paleocurrents and stereonets; Computer: waves and tides (tutorial) |
| 10 |
Saturday Field Trip--Glacial and Hydrogeology |
| 11 |
Sedimentary facies exercise |
| 12 |
Sedimentary facies exercise (continued) |
| 13 |
Rock identification: chemical rocks and petrography |
| 14 |
QUIZ III (LABS 10-13) |
Final Course Grade: 30% Lab, 40% Hour Exams, 30% Final Exam (not accumulative)
Laboratory Grade: 3 field trips 30%; 3 quizzes 30%, exercises 40% |
