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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		Reefs and buildups
Reading		Tucker, chapter ; chapter 4, section 4.10.6 James & Dalrymple, chapter 17
Online lectures, tutorials & reading		Virtual lecture on Reefs 1: Introduction coral reef geology modern coral reef zones Virtual lecture on Reefs 2: Reef Builders; modern reefs Virtual lecture on Reefs 3: Reefs and Buildups through Time
Case studies		Great Barrier Reef, east coast of Australia Great Barrrier Reef official site Virtual Silurian Reef, Milwaukee Public Museum, USA Permian Reef Complex, New Mexico-West Texas Frasnian mud mounds from Belgium
Virtual field trips		Modern Belize Reefs Virtual Tour [video: 3m:33s] Explore the Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough Virtual Fieldwork - Florida Keys Virtual Field Trip - Florida Keys - Sombrero Reef Ancient Pleistocene coral reef, Florida Virtual Field Trip - Florida Keys - Pleistocene reef Permian reef complex, New Mexico and West Texas Carlsbad-Guadelupe Mountains surface geology (Permian) (pdf) Virtual Silurian Reef -- Silurian Reefs in the Field
Images		Modern Reefs of Fiji NASA Earth Observatory - Great Barrier Reef Fiji barrier and fringing reefs Tropical coral islands NASA Earth Observatory - Fringing Reef, Mayotte Gallery of Holocene reefs of Belize Gallery of Shark Bay stromatolites, W Australia Ancient Gallery of the Canning Basin Devonian Barrier Reef, W Australia Gallery of the Miocene Reefs of Mallorca General SEPM Carbonate image galleries
Video, audio		Modern Effects of Hurricane Andrew on Puerto Rico reefs (large file - click MPEG-1 button ) Recovery of reefs after Hurricane Andrew (large file - click MPEG-1 button) Ancient The Capitan Reef [4m:07s]

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