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Sedimentary Environments - GEOS2101
layer upon layer upon layer

 
Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.bees.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: GEOL1111/ GEOS1111 or GEOL1211/GEOS1211 or GEOS170 or BIOS1101 Excluded: GEOL2101.
 
 
Equivalent: GEOS2721
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

An introduction to the processes and products of sedimentation in natural environments, and their preservation in sedimentary rock sequences. Mechanisms of sediment transport and deposition; nature and origin of depositional structures. Analysis of depositional environments; fluvial, deltaic, marine lacustrine, glacial and volcanic sediments. Field and laboratory methods for study of sediments, sedimentary basins, facies successions and an introduction to sequence stratigraphy. The fieldwork component will cover modern and ancient sedimentary systems and fossils at various locations, including an introduction to field measurement techniques.

Note: Up to four days of fieldwork is required and will involve some cost to students.

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