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EARTH 467 Schedule - Fall 2021
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Subject to change
Seismic Stratigraphy
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Basin project (grad students only)
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Mo30-Aug0Introductions, course survey
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Tu31-Aug1Basin types and tectonic contextA1
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Th2-Sep2Basin Types, Geodynamic ContextA1
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No Lab - Labor Day
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Tu7-Sep3Basins: geodynamic context cntdA1
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Th9-Sep4Basins: stretchingA3Q1
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Mo13-Sep1Sedimentology Review
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Tu14-Sep5Basins: stretching, flexureA3, A4
Basin Project, Part A: Basin selection, annotated bibliography
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Th16-Sep6Basins: flexture contd.A4Q2
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Mo20-Sep2Stratigraphic sections: outside
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Tu21-Sep7Basins: flexure contd, mantle dynamicsA4, A5Part A: revision due
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Th23-Sep8Basins: strike slip; Field Area Intro; Sediment sourcesA6Q3
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Mo27-Sep3Facies Analysis and Depositional Environments; COSUNA Intro
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Tu28-Sep9Sediment Fill - observations
M2, M3.5.10, M3.5.11
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Th30-Sep10Stratigraphy - overviewP7, P8, M7.4Q4
Basin Project, Part B: Tectonic setting and chronologic constraints
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Sa/SunOct 2-3FIELD TRIP - 2 day
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Mo4-Octno lab meeting, field trip recovery
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Tu5-Oct11Field review, process notes, making strat sectionsno quiz
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Th7-Oct12Provenance, Stratigraphy overview, work on Field ReportM7.5, P10
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Mo11-Oct4Petrography and Provenance
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Tu12-Oct13Magnetostratigraphy start
M7.8, P11, P12, P13
Basin Project, Part C: Sequence stratigraphy, facies and paleogeography
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Th14-Oct14Magnetostratigraphy, Biostratigraphy, Sedimentation ratesM8, P13Q5
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Mo18-Octno Lab fall break
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NO class - Fall Break
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Th21-Oct15Basin Project Outline -- peer review (in-class activity)
Basin Project, Part D: outline
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Mo25-Oct5Biostrat, magnetostrat
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Tu26-Oct16Sequence Stratigraphy A8, M7.7A1
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Th28-Oct17Sequence Stratigraphy contdA8, M7.7Q6
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Mo1-Nov6Sequence Strat
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Tu2-Nov18Terrrestrial sequence stratigraphy; seismic stratigraphyCatuneanuA2
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Th4-Nov19Chemostratigraphy, CyclostratigraphyM6.3Q7
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Mo8-Nov7Figure making workshop: strat sections, SedLog, maps, figure hacks
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Tu9-Nov20Geochronlogy, Completeness of the Record, Petrophysical LogsM6.3A3
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Th11-Nov21Taphonomy (Rodrigo!!) + field trip prepTBAQ9
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Sa13-NovFIELD TRIP - 1 day
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Mo15-Novno lab meeting, field trip recovery (or do report)
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Tu16-Nov22Regional stratigraphic synthesis and geohistoryA4
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Th18-Nov23Subsidence HistoriesA9Q9E: Basin Project, draft 1
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Mo22-Nov9Basin Project Part E -- peer review (in-lab activity)Peer review
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Tu23-Nov24Subsidence HistoriesA9A5
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Th25-Nov
NO class - Thanksgiving
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Mo29-Nov10Subsidence, backstripping
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Tu30-Nov25Heat and heat flowA10, A2.2A6
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Th2-Dec26Thermal historiesA10Q10
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Mo6-Dec11Subsidence Curves Activity
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Tu7-Dec27Basins as storage unitsA11A7
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Th9-Dec28
Basin histories - putting it all together (Julia Kelson, guest lecturer tentative)
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16-Dec, 10:30am-12:30pm
FINAL project due (Part F, Basin Project) (grads), Article Evaluation due (undergrads)
F: Basin Project, revision
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*A-x refers to Chapter x in the course text book, Allen & Allen, Basin Analysis
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*M- refers to Chapter x in Miall, Stratigraphy A Modern Synthesis
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*Proth-x references to Chapter x in Prothero, Interpreting the Stratigraphic Record Interpreting the Stratigraphic Record
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