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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)

Topic		Mineralogical, chemical and biological aspects of carbonates
Reading		Tucker, chapter 4, sections 4.1, 4.2 James & Dalrymple, chapter 14
Online lectures, tutorials & reading		Carbonate minerals Carbonates & Other Rocks Ocean upwelling
Images		NASA Earth Observatory - upwelling and phytoplankton bloom NASA Earth Observatory - Calcium carbonate in Lake Michigan NASA Earth Observatory - Plankton bloom, Lake Ontario

This page is maintained by Roger Suthren . Last updated 16 March, 2021 17:35