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Sedimentology

These links and readings are provided to support the Sedimentology module at the University of Derby, and are in addition to the classes, and the course and practical notes available from the University of Derby web site. It is not necessarily given in exactly the same order as in the course.

Textbook references are to:

TUCKER, M.E. 2001. Sedimentary Petrology: an introduction to the origin of sedimentary rocks. 3rd edition. Blackwell Scientific Publications.

WALKER, R.G. & JAMES, N.P. 1992. Facies Models: Response to Sea Level Change. Geological Association of Canada.

Topic		Reefs and buildups
Reading		Tucker, chapter ; chapter 4, section 4.10.6 Walker, chapter 17
Online lectures, tutorials & reading		Virtual lecture on Reefs 1: Introduction reef definitions and concept coral reef geology Virtual lecture on Reefs 2: Reef Builders; modern reefs Tropical coastal & marine research Virtual lecture on Reefs 3: Reefs and Buildups through Time
Case studies		Great Barrier Reef, east coast of Australia Virtual lecture on Reefs 3: Reefs and Buildups through Time Virtual Silurian Reef, USA Case study (on-line lecture): The Permian Reef Complex (Delaware Basin) of West Texas Permian Reef Complex, New Mexico-West Texas Frasnian mudmounds from Belgium
Virtual field trips		Modern Reef Zone Tour Great Barrier Reef (currently unavailable) Belize Reefs and Lagoons Virtual Tour Virtual Fieldwork - Florida Keys Virtual Field Trip - Florida Keys - Sombrero Reef Ancient Pleistocene coral reef, Florida Virtual Field Trip - Florida Keys - Pleistocene reef Carlsbad-Guadelupe Mountains surface geology (Permian) Another field trip to the Guadalupe Mountains, NM Virtual Silurian Reef -- Silurian Reefs in the Field
Images		Modern Belize reef tract Visible Earth - Great Barrier Reef Northern Great Barrier Reef Great Barrier Reef Snapshots Tropical coral islands Visible Earth - Fringing Reef, Mayotte Visible Earth - fringing & barrier reefs, Fiji Gallery of Holocene reefs of Belize Gallery of Shark Bay stromatolites, W Australia Ancient Gallery of the Canning Basin Devonian Barrier Reef, W Australia Gallery of the Miocene Reefs of Mallorca
Video, audio		The Capitan Reef. Open University, 1983. - (Science : a second level course. - S236 ; Programme 14). Video. Effects of Hurricane Andrew on Puerto Rico reefs (large file - click MPEG-1 button ) Recovery of reefs after Hurricane Andrew (large file - click MPEG-1 button)

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