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 sedimentologic analysis are used to better understand the processes that control the deposition of sediments in eolian, lacustrine, fluvial, glacial, deltaic, tidal, shelf, carbonate platform, and deep ocean environments. An extended, off-campus field trip may be required. $125 Course Fee.

Prerequisite(s): Any GEO 100 – 194 or c/I  
fall (odd)