Animations, Visualizations, and Imagery for Teaching Sedimentary Geology

Links lead to collections of visualization resources organized by topic.

Turbidites (alternating sandstone & shale beds), Pacifica, CA. Marli Miller, University of Oregon. www.marlimillerphoto.com

Fluid Dynamics, Sediment Transport, and Sedimentary Structure Collections

• Unidirectional water flow
• Oscillatory, combined, and tidal flows

• Gravity flows- turbidites, mass wasting, debris flows
• Atmospheric Flow
• Bedform and Facies Diagrams
• Visual Guide to Stratigraphic-Up Indicators

Basin Formation and Depositional Environment Collections

Alluvial Fan at Badwater, Death Valley, CA. Marli Miller, University of Oregon. www.marlimillerphoto.com

• Beach and Marine Environments
• Continental Environments

Sequence Stratigraphy Collection

• Sequence Stratigraphy Visualizations

Paleogeographic maps and Paleoreconstructions

• Paleogeographic Maps and Paleoreconstructions

Sedimentation Model Collections

• Sedimentation Models