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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)
Marine clastic sediments
Topic
Shelf and coastal sedimentation
Reading
- Tucker, chapter 2, section 2.11.5, 2.11.6; chapter 3, section 3.7.2
- James & Dalrymple, chapters 10, 11, 12
- Clastic Sediments and Rocks handout, p. I1-I4
Online lectures, tutorials & reading
Virtual field trips
Images
Modern environments
- Brazil coastal plain
- Conceptual models of Australian estuaries and coastal waterways
- Visible Earth - Turbid Lagoons in Southern Brazil
- Cape Hatteras, USA
- Visible Earth - Hurricane Floyd Aftermath
- Visible Earth - Shelf Waters Stirred by Floyd
- Visible Earth - Yangtze River Plume
- Tidal creeks, Namibia
- Barrier-lagoon system, Namibia
- Bay of Fundy tidal bore
Ancient examples
Video, audio
- What Lies Beneath: Using Mangrove Peat to Study Ancient Coastal Environments and Sea-Level Rise [9 mins]
- Animations of tides
- Hurricane visualizations
- Combined wave/current flow and formation of HCS: watch the movie (large file)
- Bay of Fundy ebb tide: read the text, then watch the movie (large Quicktime file)
- Bay of Fundy intertidal bars: read the text, then watch the movie (very large Quicktime file)
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