GEL 324 - Sedimentology (4 cr.)

Origins, transportation, deposition and classification of sediments. Weathering, elastic textures, evaporite and redbed chemistry, clay mineralogy, carbonate textures and composition, depositional environments, and post-depositional features and the physics of sediment transport, cohesion and flow phenomena. Mechanical, physical and X-ray analysis of sediments and sedimentary structures. Lecture/Lab
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): GEL 310.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring