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EA2110:03
Sedimentary Geology
[Offered in even-numbered years]
Dr P Hearty.
This subject addresses the formation of sediments and sedimentary rocks and the processes involved: sedimentary transport, deposition and diagenesis. It examines a wide variety of sedimentary environments including fluvial, deltaic, lacustrine, glacial, coastal and deep ocean. Representative sediments and rocks from these depositional environments will be studied in the laboratory using a range of techniques including microscopic, petrographic and grainsize analysis. This subject provides an important foundation in Earth surface processes and the sedimentary rock record for all geoscience and non-geoscience students.
acquire a basic knowledge and understanding of the origin of sediments, their characteristics and their cycling through geological systems;
learn the mechanisms of sediment erosion, transport, deposition and alteration in a broad variety of geological environments;