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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)

Continental sediments

Topic		Lake sedimentation
Reading		Tucker, chapter 2, section 2.11.3; chapter 3, section 3.7.2; chapter 4, section 4.10.1; chapter 5, section 5.4.2 James & Dalrymple, chapters
Online lectures, tutorials & reading		The Basics of Grain Size within a Lake System River plumes Seasonal lake stratification Case studies of modern lakes: Sebago Lake, Maine (pdf) Turbidity currents in modern lakes Karst landforms and lakes Case studies of ancient lakes: Green River Formation (Eocene) Devonian lake sediments, Orkney
Virtual field trips		Great Salt Lake, Utah
Images		Modern modern cool-temperate lake Visible Earth - Lake Michigan Bloom Visible Earth - Lake Carnegie, Western Australia Earth from Space - Lake Orumiyeh, Iran Earth from Space - Lake Natron, Tanzania Earth from Space - Lake Poopo, Bolivia Earth from Space - delta into lake, Canada Earth from Space - delta into Lake Baykal, Russia Ancient Eocene lake deposits Eocene lake deposits
Video, audio
Quizzes and tests

This page is maintained by Roger Suthren. Last updated 23 April, 2015 23:11