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| Jan. | 17 - No class; MLK Jr. day | 19 - Intro; distributed Intro exerc.; assigned sed. definitions (6 terms each; due 1/28) | 21 - Lect: Intro. (cont.); discussed 6 of 8 questions from Intro exerc.; Lab: GQ exercise; assigned descriptions of local Fm. (11 samples; due 1/28) | 24 - Intro. (done); began Siliciclastic petrology: Congl./Breccia classif. | 26 - Ss classif.; announced Fri., Feb. 4 quiz over siliciclastic classification and terms & questions from Intro. exerc. | 28 - Lect:
Mudrock classification; w/samples
Lab: Crs. & medium siliciclastic I.D. (?13 samples; due Feb. 4) |
31 -
Began discussing carbonate rock classif. |
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| Feb. | 2 - Carb. rock classif. (cont.); slides of carb. samples (2/3 of tray) | 4 - Lect:
Part I of lab: Mudrx (25 min. => reviewed answers)
Lab: Qz1- (Crs-med. silicic. clsf. + defs.) Ss thin sectns review; Carb id rk/t.s. (due next lab) |
7 - Reviewed remaining ss thin sections w/overhead microscope; began Chem. rocks (dolost.) | 9 - Chemical rx (cont.) | 11 - Lect:
Chemical rx (cont.)
Lab: Chemical rocks; reviewed carbonate unknowns (Thin sect.) |
14 - Reviewed remaining carb. t.s.; Began sed. struct. (html) | 16 - Continued html-based sed. struct. lecture | 18 - Lect: Sed.struct (cont.); Lab: Concluded sed. struct. (~1hr.); reviewed Chem. rk unknowns; collected chem. rk lab (table) | 21 - Began discussion of flow regimes | 23 - Finished discussion of flow regimes | 25 -
Lect: 1st lecture exam
Lab: first field lab (w/HO's); Hwy 70S |
28 - Facies models (intro) | |||
| Mar. | 2 - Facies models (cont.) | 4 - Lect:
Facies models (cont.)
Lab: Field trip to Double Springs outcrop |
7 - Spring break | 9 - Spring break | 11 - Spring break | 14 - Intro: Carbonate dep. environments | 16 - Carbonate dep. envs. | 18 - Lect:
Carbonate Dep. Envs. (cont.)
Lab: Rock & sed. structure review (on your own) |
21 - Begin siliciclastic envs: Deltas | 23 - Deltas (cont.) | 25 - Lect:
Beaches (cont.), Tidal flats & estuaries
Lab: Cripple Creek exercise |
28 - Finish estuaries; (lab practical postponed for more study time) | 30 - Lab practical (all sed rocks & sed. structs.) | ||
| Apr. | 1 - Lect:
Begin siliciclastic shelves
Lab: Final field project assignments |
4 | 6 | 8 - Lect:
Lab: Field work on your own |
11 | 13 | 15 - Lect:
Lab: Field work on your own |
18 | 20 | 22 - Lect:
Lab: Class trip to Hollis Creek (photo ops) |
25 | 27 | 29 - Final exam: 8:30-10:30 a.m. |