Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
General
Prefix
AHS
Course Number
423
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Science and Engineering
Description
Sedimentary processes and environments, formation of sedimentary rocks, stratigraphy, and basin analysis. Use of stratigraphic principles to interpret earth history. Lab.
Prerequisites
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Identify, describe, and interpret different types of sediments, sedimentary rocks, sedimentary structures, trace fossils, sediment bedforms, and sedimentary facies.
Outcome
Construct the geologic history of a region and its original depositional environment based on the interpretation of sedimentary/stratigraphic features.
Outcome
Apply sedimentary laboratory and field-based analyses, such as grain size distribution curves, measuring a stratigraphic secion, or basin analysis.
Outcome
Explain and apply the principles of seismic stratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, and chronostratigraphy.
Dependencies
Programs
AHS423
is a
completion requirement
for: