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Geology 4023: Principles of Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Class Notes

***Course notes are made available for your use as a student enrolled in Geol 4023 at Arkansas Tech University; however, Dr. Cathy Baker, course instructor, retains the copyrights to all documents that are included in the following list. Copyright retention means that notes remain the property of Dr. Baker. You may make copies for your own use in Geology 4023, but you cannot reproduce them or redistribute them for any other purpose.

Cathy Baker, Ph. D.
January 14, 2008

syllabus

The following topics are covered by notes that can be accessed by clicking on the topic line

AND covered by Power Point Presentations available on the ATU t-data drive

1. silicate mineral review
2. non-silicate mineral review
3. sedimentary grain textures
4. grainsize distribution analysis in sedimentary rocks: explanation
5. origins and classification of sedimentary rocks
6. sedimentary processes
7. diagenesis
8. sedimentary structures
9. fossils and organic constituents of sedimentary rocks
10. principles of stratigraphic analysis
11. sedimentological and petrographic techniques of stratigraphic analysis
12. geotechnical logs
13. geophysical logs
14. biostratigraphy
15. introduction to terrestrial depositional environments