GEOL 211: Sedimentology
and Stratigraphy (1/13/09)
Instructor: David Loope; Office: 322 Bessey Hall, dloope1@unl.edu;
472-2647
Textbook: Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (4th
Edition) by Sam Boggs
We will meet 9:30 TR for
lecture, and Thursday afternoons at 1:30 for lab. Some labs later in the
semester will involve short field trips. Digital copies of lectures (in Power
Point format) will be available on
my Geosciences website:
http://www.geosciences.unl.edu/~dloope/Teaching/STRAT-SED%20WEB/index.html
Grades will be determined by your performance on 3 tests
(70%), class participation (10%) and a presentation / paper (20%). The tests
will incorporate both lecture and lab material and will consist of essay (about
60%) and short-answer questions (about 40%).
The third test (not
comprehensive) will be given during finals week. The paper will be on a topic of your choice, should be about
8 pages long (double spaced, exclusive of figures). After the paper is due
(April 14), each student will give a short presentation of his/her paper to the
class.
Attendance:
You are expected to attend
class. If you miss class, you are
responsible for informing yourself about missed announcements and material
covered.
Field
Trip: WeÕll go on a three-day field
trip (western Nebraska?) over the weekend of April 17-19 or 18-20.
Sequence of Topics (timing
of testing relative to topics is tentative)
1. Overview of Sedimentary
Geology, Paleoclimate & Plate Tectonics
2. Sandstone Petrology:
Mineralogy & Texture
3. Fluid Flow, Bedforms &
Sedimentary Structures
4. Sandstone Diagenesis
---Test #1 Chapters 1-4
5. Mudrocks
6. Carbonate Deposition
7. Carbonate Diagenesis
8. Evaporites
9. Coal, Phosphorites, and
Chert
---Test #2 Chapters 5-9
10. Introduction to Facies
Models
11. Stratigraphic
Nomenclature
12. Sequence Stratigraphy and
Basin Analysis
---Test #3 Chapters 10-12