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Sediments and the Global Carbon Cycle part of Sedimentary Geology:Activities
Lonnie Leithold, North Carolina State University
This is a series of exercises designed to introduce undergraduate students to the role of sediments and sedimentary rocks in the global carbon cycle and the use of stable carbon isotopes to reconstruct ancient ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Depositional environments, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Stable Isotopes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Diagenesis, Techniques of Sedimentary Geology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology
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Digital Sandstone Tutorial part of Sedimentary Geology:Activities
Kitty Milliken, The University of Texas at Austin
The Tutorial Petrographic Image Atlas is designed to give students more exposure to petrographic features than they can get during organized laboratory periods.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Diagenesis, Weathering, Provenance, Sedimentary Textures , Techniques of Sedimentary Geology
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Virtual Field Trip to the Book Cliffs part of Sedimentary Geology:Activities
Ann Holmes, The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Problem-based learning techniques have been applied to geological datasets collected and published about the Cretaceous Book Cliffs exposures in Utah.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Field Activity:Importation of field observations into the classroom, Activities:Virtual Field Trip
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Structures, Depositional environments, Diagenesis, Sediment Transport and Deposition, Facies and Facies Models, Sedimentary Textures , Techniques of Sedimentary Geology
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Cementation and Neomorphism: Incorporating the Basics of Diagenesis into Any Sedimentary Geology Course part of Sedimentary Geology:Activities
Kathy Benison, West Virginia University
Diagenesis is an important sedimentary process and undergraduate students greatly benefit from learning how to recognize and interpret common diagenetic features. This can be accomplished with a two to three week ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Techniques of Sedimentary Geology, Diagenesis
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Growing Salt: An Independent Course Research Project Investigating Chemical Sediments part of Sedimentary Geology:Activities
Kathy Benison, West Virginia University
In this assignment, students design, implement, and report on their own mini-research project involving the growth of salts. This gives students practical research experience, as well a better understanding of how ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Project, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentary Textures , Sedimentary Structures, Depositional environments, Diagenesis, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy, Sedimentary Geology:Techniques of Sedimentary Geology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Red rock and concretion models from Earth to Mars: Teaching diagenesis part of Sedimentary Geology:Activities
Margie Chan, University of Utah
This activity teaches students concepts of terrestrial diagenesis (cementation, fluid flow, porosity and permeability, concretions) and encourages them to apply those concepts to new or unknown settings, including ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentary Textures , Diagenesis, Weathering