Introduction to sedimentology; physical properties of sediments, weathering and the sedimentary cycle. Sediment classification. Sedimentary processes; sedimentary structures. Sedimentary depositional systems and models; environments, facies and basin fill. Sedimentary petrology: sedimentary rocks and diagenesis at microscopic scale. Principles, nomenclature and procedures in stratigraphy. Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and chronostratigraphy. Outcrop and subsurface correlation; facies and stratigraphic maps. Introduction to seismic and sequence stratigraphy. -- Course Website
Prerequisites: 7032 (v.5)<br/> Geology 102<br/> <br/> or any previous version
