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Instructor: Torbjörn
Törnqvist
Welcome
to the EaES 455 homepage! This website provides the syllabus of
EaES 455, as well as links to all lecture notes, including illustration
materials. In order to properly access all this information, you
need to have Microsoft PowerPoint 97 or higher (available in the
department computer lab, 2462 SES), as well as Adobe Acrobat (freeware
that can be downloaded from the web). In order to run animations,
some additional software (e.g., RealOne Player, also freeware)
is needed.
This
course consists primarily of lecturing (about 35 hours), and writing.
Lectures will focus primarily on general concepts; a substantial
amount of time will have to be spent by means of independent study
of the literature. Each participant will write a 10-page paper
about a topic of choice, as well as two 2-page reviews of published
articles. The paper will include a 15-minute oral presentation,
and the reviews will be discussed in class with the group as a
whole. There will also be a few labs.
Lectures This
website will be updated immediately prior to each lecture, so you will be able
to view all preceding lectures. The lecture notes are provided in two formats:
a complete version with text and illustrations similar to what is shown in class,
and a condensed version which contains text only (in black and white). The latter
is most convenient for modem downloading and printing. When you use the print
option, make sure you select the option "handouts" (rather than "slides");
you can easily fit 6 slides on one page. This will save ink and trees!
Introduction
Sedimentology - concepts
Fluvial environments
Deltaic environments
Coastal environments
Offshore marine environments
Sea-level change
Sequence stratigraphy - concepts
Marine sequence stratigraphy
Nonmarine sequence stratigraphy
Basin and reservoir modeling
Reflection
All
text slides in black and white Literature This
course uses two textbooks: Reading,
H.G. (Editor), 1996. Sedimentary Environments: Processes, Facies and Stratigraphy.
Blackwell, Oxford, 688 pp. ISBN 0-632-03627-3.
Chapters 1-3, 6-7, 10, 13.
Emery, D. and Myers, K.J. (Editors), 1996. Sequence Stratigraphy.
Blackwell, Oxford, 297 pp. ISBN 0-632-03706-7.
Chapters 1-9, 11-12.
Paper
and oral presentation
Every
participant is expected to write a short paper about a topic of
choice within the broad field of sedimentary geology. The topic
must be approved by the instructor. The deadline for selection
of a topic is September 26; the deadline for turning in the paper
is October 31, before class. Please keep in mind that these deadlines
are very firm; papers turned in late without a valid reason will
be graded accordingly. Make sure you strictly follow the general
instructions for the writing of your paper.
Oral
presentations take place on November 3 (Bick,
Collier, Dahlem,
Egbobawaye) and November 7 (Honeycutt,
Koy, Mateo,
Migurskiy), in the lecture room
(202 LH). You are expected to provide me with your PowerPoint
presentation by October 31. The duration of each talk is no longer
than 15 minutes (this will be enforced strictly!), with 5 minutes
of discussion.
Reviews
Early
November, two published papers will be distributed with the purpose
of each participant to write reviews for both, just as a journal
referee. We will use official review
sheets for this purpose; you are expected to fill out the
form for each of the two papers, including a one-page assessment.
The reviews have to be turned in by November 21 (another firm
deadline!), and the papers will be discussed in class on December
1.
The
two papers can be downloaded here:
Talling
(1998)
Stanley
& Hait (2000) - Figures
1 and 2
Labs
In
the course of the semester, the following three labs will provide
an opportunity to do some "hands-on" sedimentary geology.
The third lab is due on December 1.
Shoreline dynamics I - key
Shoreline dynamics II - key
Shoreline dynamics III - key
Field
trip
We
will make a weekend visit to the National
Center for Earth-surface Dynamics at the St. Anthony Falls
Laboratory, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, where we will
see a large collection of flumes that enable the study of sedimentologic
and stratigraphic ("earthscape") processes at a variety
of scales. We will leave Friday, November 21 at 3 PM, so we can
spend all of Saturday with the flumes. Return is either Saturday
night or Sunday.
Midterm
exam
October
17, 3-5 PM, 202 LH, first 6 sections (Sedimentology; Textbook
Reading). To obtain an idea of the style of questioning, check
out these examples.
Final
exam
The
final will be a take-home exam that will be posted here on January
23 and must be turned in by January 30. The test covers everything
we have discussed in class (i.e., both textbooks), but the focus
will be slightly biased to the second part of the course. You
should be able to complete the test within half a day, and you
are free to use any course materials or other literature to answer
the questions.
Animations
and related materials
Sedimentology
- concepts
Dune
migration, Planar
cross stratification, Trough
cross stratification
Fluvial
environments
Platte
River, Allier
River
Deltaic
environments
Rhine-Meuse Delta Coastal
environments
BarSim
Offshore
marine environments
Debris
flow, Turbidity
current 1, Turbidity
current 2, Submarine
fan Marine
sequence stratigraphy
Book Cliffs - key
Nonmarine
sequence stratigraphy
Rock Springs - key
Basin
and reservoir modeling
Alluvial architecture -
background, Alluvial
architecture animation 1, Alluvial
architecture animation 2, Experiment
1, Experiment
2, Experiment
3, Experiment
4
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