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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.

JAMES, N.P. & DALRYMPLE, R.W. 2010. Facies Models 4. Geological Association of Canada. (or equivalent chapters in earlier editions by Walker and James)

Terrigenous clastic sediments

Topic		Texture of terrigenous sediments and rocks
Reading		Tucker, chapter 2, sections 2.2, 2.10; chapter 3, section 3.2
Practical work		Explanation of electron microscope images Secondary electron images of sands for practical exercise
Online lectures, tutorials & reading		Virtual Lecture on Textures in terrigenous clastic rocks Occurrence, Mineralogy, Textures, and Structures of Sedimentary Rocks Definitions: porosity | permeability
Virtual field trips		The Amazing Life of Sand [video 3m:46s]
		Grains of Sand - Exploring Sedimentary Processes (Open University) [video 4m:36s]
Images		Sedimentary rocks in thin section Sorting in sandstones Sandstone porosity in thin section (shown up by blue resin)

This page is maintained by Roger Suthren. Last updated 22 November, 2021 12:51