GEO 309 - Sedimentation & Stratigraphy

4 Credit(s)

This field-based course covers the physical and biological characteristics of modern and ancient environments of deposition. Techniques of stratigraphic and sediment logic analysis are used to better under-stand the processes that control the deposition of sediments in eolian, lacustrine, fluvial, glacial, deltaic, tidal, shelf, carbonate platform, and deep ocean environments. $125 Course Fee.

Prerequisite(s): GEO 101 or GEO 103; or c/i.
(spring/ even-numbered years)