Undergraduate Bulletin 2011-2013 » Academic Departments and Programs » Earth, Environmental, and Geospatial Sciences » Courses in Geology » GEO 303: Stratigraphy and Sedimentology.
GEO 303: Stratigraphy and Sedimentology.
6 hours (3, lecture; 3, lab), 4 credits. Techniques of physical and paleontologic correlation of rock sequences. Application of these techniques to basin analysis and construction of the geologic time scale. Modern classic and carbonate sedimentary environments, physical and chemical principles of sedimentation and paleoenvironmental analysis. Emphasis on the evolution of, and search for, water and hydrocarbon resources. PREREQ: GEO 167 and GEO 244.
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