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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. Topics are 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.

Sediment transport and sedimentary structures

Topic		Palaeocurrents
Reading		Tucker, chapter 2, section 2.4
Online lectures, tutorials & reading		Paleocurrents and paleocurrent indicator analysis Examples of use of palaeocurrent data Palaeocurrent example from Colorado Palaeocurrents in fluvial deposits of the Himalaya (pdf file) (more detailed article) fossils as palaeocurrent indicators Upper Carboniferous, Peak District, England Palaeocurrents from the Trenton Limestone, eastern N America
Images		bipolar palaeocurrent plots palaeocurrent plots from Himalayan fluvial deposits using palaeocurrents to identify shoreline position (from article by J van Eden)

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