|
Week |
Day |
Date |
Topics |
Notes and References |
| 1 |
M |
Aug-29 |
Introduction and discussion on syllabus |
Lecture notes |
| 1 |
W |
Aug-31 |
Review of siliciclastic depositional systems: Walther's Facies Law |
Lecture notes Homework 1 [Due Wednesday, 09/07/2016] |
| 2 |
M |
Sep-5 |
Labor Day Holiday |
No Class |
| 2 |
W |
Sep-7 |
Carbonate particles, secretion mechanisms and carbonate classification |
Lecture notes Homework 2 [Due Monday, 09/12/2016] |
| 3 |
M |
Sep-12 |
Carbonate depositional systems: An overview |
Lecture notes |
| 3 |
W |
Sep-14 |
Peritidal carbonates and cycles |
Lecture notes Homework 3 [Due 09/21/2016]
[Fig.] [Ref.] |
| 4 |
M |
Sep-19 |
Peritidal carbonates and cycles II |
No new slides |
| 4 |
W |
Sep-21 |
Deep-water carbonates |
Lecture notes |
| 5 |
M |
Sep-26 |
No class |
No Class - GSA |
| 5 |
W |
Sep-28 |
Precambrian carbonates |
Lecture notes |
| 6 |
M |
Oct-3 |
Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy |
Lecture notes |
| 6 |
W |
Oct-5 |
Sequence and Chemostratigraphy |
Lecture notes Homework 4 [Due Wednesday, 10/19/2016] |
| 7 |
M |
Oct-10 |
Chemostratigraphy: Applications and limitations |
Lecture notes |
| 7 |
W |
Oct-12 |
Carbonates in the southern Great Basin |
Lecture notes Field Trip (Oct. 16-17)
Reference |
| 9 |
M |
Oct-24 |
Carbonates: analytical methods |
Lecture notes Staining
CL-applications |
| 9 |
W |
Oct-26 |
Paleoceanographic information from carbonates |
Lecture notes |
| 10 |
M |
Oct-31 |
Paleoceanographic information from carbonates |
No new slides |
| 11 |
M |
Nov-7 |
Carbonate and organic carbon isotopes |
Black Board |
| 11 |
W |
Nov-9 |
Carbonate and organic carbon isotopes |
Black Board |
| 12 |
M |
Nov-14 |
Sulfur and nitrogen isotopes I |
Lecture notes Homework 5 [Due Wednesday, 11/30/16] [Template] |
| 12 |
W |
Nov-16 |
Sulfur and nitrogen isotopes II |
Lecture notes [no new slides] |
| 13 |
M |
Nov-21 |
Sulfur and nitrogen isotopes III |
Lecture notes [no new slides] |
| 14 |
M |
Nov-28 |
Sulfur and nitrogen isotopes IV |
Lecture notes [no new slides] |
| 14 |
W |
Nov-30 |
REEs in carbonates and their applications |
Lecture notes |
| 15 |
M |
Dec-5 |
Microbialites and microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS) |
Lecture notes |
| 15 |
W |
Dec-7 |
Carbonate depositional system and geochemistry: Summary |
Lecture notes |
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