GLY 445 - Sedimentary Basin Analysis

Credit Hours: 3

(GLY 545) Prerequisites: GLY 331 and GLY 441, or permission of instructor. Evaluation of factors controlling sedimentary basin formation and evolution. Interpretation of subsidence mechanisms and evaluation of sedimentary processes through basin-scale analysis of the stratigraphic record. Aspects of sequence stratigraphy, sediment provenance, and the tectonics of sedimentary basins. Field trips; fees may be required. Two lecture and three laboratory hours per week.

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