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Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Kyle Fredrick, Pennsylvania Western University - California
EAS 423 is an upper-level course required for majors in Geology and recommended for majors in Environmental Earth Science at our institution. The main topis are recognition and description of sedimentary rocks, ...
Advanced Stratigraphy
Liz Hajek, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
The stratigraphic record is a rich archive of past landscape, climate, and tectonic conditions and hosts valuable petroleum and water resources. This course is designed to help students develop advanced skills for ...
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Clint Cowan, Carleton College
This is a field-based Sedimentology and Stratigraphy course. We spend one day per week in the field, and have classroom time once a week. There are two weekend field trips.
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Margaret McMillan, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
This course covers the properties, processes, and depositional environments of sediments and sedimentary rocks. Lateral and vertical relationships between rock units and how these can be used to understand geologic ...
Paleobiology
Lisa Whitenack, Allegheny College
A study of temporal and spatial changes of the Earth's fauna within the context of evolution and geological processes. The first portion of the course will be an introduction to invertebrate and vertebrate ...
Sedimentary Geology
Walter Borowski, Eastern Kentucky University
Examination of sedimentary processes and products, the characteristics and origins of sedimentary rocks and their related depositional environments, and application of these principles to solving geological ...
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
William W. Little, Brigham Young University-Idaho
A combination lecture and laboratory course that covers the origin, classification, distribution, and correlation of sedimentary rock bodies and their use in interpreting geological history. This course provides a ...
Stratigraphy & Sedimentation
Rachel Headley, Albertson College of Idaho
Marine Sediment Transport
Lonnie Leithold, North Carolina State University
This course is designed as an introduction to the theory and reality of sediment transport in the marine environment. The course includes both lectures and laboratory experiments that investigate the processes that ...
Process Geomorphology
Alec Aitken, University of Saskatchewan
The description and objective classification of landforms and the principles and processes involved in their origin and distribution. The role of weathering, mass movement, fluvial, glacial, aeolian and coastal ...