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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.

JAMES, N.P. & DALRYMPLE, R.W. 2010. Facies Models 4. Geological Association of Canada. (or equivalent chapters in earlier editions by Walker and James)

Marine clastic sediments


Topic

Shelf and coastal sedimentation

Reading reading
  • Tucker, chapter 2, section 2.11.5, 2.11.6; chapter 3, section 3.7.2
  • James & Dalrymple, chapters 10, 11, 12
  • Clastic Sediments and Rocks handout, p. I1-I4

Online lectures, tutorials & reading

Lectures and Tutorials

Virtual field trips

Virtual field trips

Images

Images

Modern environments

Ancient examples

Video, audio

Video, Audio

 

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