This class usually alternates with Basin Analysis in the fall. In a seminar setting, students present summaries of the important literature on the interpretation of sedimentary structures at all scales. The class is offered approximately every other spring, and includes an extended field trip over spring break. The wide variety of techniques now used to analyze sedimentary basins are studied in a seminar format, with emphasis on recent literature. Topics include both traditional approaches and newer, quantitative modeling methods.
Students prepare a detailed report on a basin analysis technique of their choice.
This class usually alternates with Sedimentary Petrology in the fall.