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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.
Marine clastic sediments
Topic
Shelf and coastal sedimentation
Reading
- Tucker, chapter 2, section 2.11.5, 2.11.6; chapter 3, section 3.7.2
- Walker, chapters 10, 11, 12
- Clastic Sediments and Rocks handout, p. I1-I4
Online lectures, tutorials & reading
- The Dynamic Shoreline
- Shelf sedimentation lecture outline (includes movies)
- Case study: Reconstruction of the Cretaceous Gates Formation: A wave dominated shoreline, northeastern British Columbia
- Spartina Salt Marshes
Virtual field trips
Images
Modern environments
- Brazil coastal plain
- Visible Earth - Turbid Lagoons in Southern Brazil
- Cape Hatteras, USA
- Ocean Explorer Satellites and remote sensing - Cape Hatteras
- Images of Canada — Minas Basin, Nova Scotia
- Visible Earth - Hurricane Floyd Aftermath
- Visible Earth - Shelf Waters Stirred by Floyd
- Visible Earth - Yangtze River Plume
- Tidal creeks, Namibia
- Barrier-lagoon system, Namibia
- Bay of Fundy tidal bore
Ancient examples
Video, audio
- Combined wave/current flow and formation of HCS: watch the movie (large file)
- Bay of Fundy ebb tide: read the text, then watch the movie (large file)
- Bay of Fundy intertidal bars: read the text, then watch the movie (very large file)
- Hurricane Andrew: erosion and deposition. Large movie file (click MPEG-1 button )
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