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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. Topics are 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.

Terrigenous clastic sediments

Topic		Composition of terrigenous sediments and rocks
Reading		Tucker, chapter 2, sections 2.1, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8; chapter 3, sections 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
Online lectures, tutorials & reading		Sedimentary rocks - Introduction Virtual Lecture on Composition of terrigenous clastic sediments & rocks Mudrocks
Images		Minerals and grains glauconite quartz in thin section rock fragments in thin section Explore the sands on these sites microimaging.com onegeology.org sandatlas.org Rocks under the microscope sedimentary rocks in thin section sedimentary rocks thin sections sandstone thin section commentary [3m:56s]

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