STRATIGRAPHY 5-311,
3 Credits,
SPRING 2008
Instructor: Dan Lehrmann, Office: H-315. Office hours
Class Hours:
Grades: Grades will be
assigned according to: A) 3 hour
exams which each count toward 1/6th of your grade, B) the average of laboratory exercise
scores which makes up 1/6th
of your grade, and B) a term paper which makes up 1/3rd
of your grade. Letter grades will be assigned according to the following
averages: A (100 - 90 %), A-B (89 - 85 %), B (84 - 80 %); B-C (79 - 75 %), C
(74 - 70 %); C-D (69 - 65 %); D (64 - 60 %), F (< 60 %).
Course
schedule (see study guide):
2-4 to 3-4 Fundamental Controls on Sedimentation and
Basin Evolution. Exam 2-27
3-6 to 4-10 Depositional Environments and Facies Models. Exam 4-2
4-15 to 5-15 Advanced Stratigraphic Concepts Exam
5-14
Research Paper Deadlines: Outline and reference list {3-7};
First Draft {3-31}; Final Draft {4-30}.
Textbook:
Walker,
R. G., and James, N. P., 1992, Facies Models: Geo -
Text 1, Geological Association of Canada, St. John’s, Newfoundland, 454 p.
Other Materials:
(* includes assigned readings in
study guide; books on reserve at library)
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*Boggs, S.
Jr., 2006, Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 4th ed., Prentice Hall, |
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Emery
D. and Meyers, K. J., 1996, Sequence Stratigraphy,
Blackwell Science, |
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Goldhammer,
R. K., Dunn, P. A., and Hardie, 1990, Depositional cycles, composite
sea-level changes, cycle stacking patterns, and the hierarchy of stratigraphic forcing: Examples from Alpine Triassic
platform carbonates: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 102, p.
535-562. |
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*Miall,
A. D., 1990, Principles of Basin Analysis, 2nd ed.: Springer Verlag, |
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Ostrom, M. E.,
1970, Sedimentation cycles in the Lower Paleozoic rocks of western Wisconsin, in, Ostrom,
M. E., Davis, R. A., and Cline, L. M., Field trip guide book for
Cambrian-Ordovician geology of western Wisconsin Geological and Natural
History Museum, the University of Wisconsin,
p. 10 - 34. |
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Payton,
C. E., ed., 1977, Seismic stratigraphy - applications
to hydrocarbon exploration; American Association of Petroleum Geologists,
Memoir 26, 516 p. |
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Scholle, P. A., and
Spearing, D., eds., 1982, Sandstone Depositional Environments, American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 31, 410 p. |
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Scholle, P. A., Bebout, D. G., and Moore, C. H., eds., 1988, Carbonate
Depositional Environments; American Association of Petroleum Geologists,
Memoir 33, 704 p. |
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Van
Wagoner, J. C., Posamentier, H. W., Mitchum, R. M., Vail, P. R., Sarg,
J. F., Loutit, T. S., and Hardenbol,
J., 1988, An overview of the
fundamentals of sequence stratigraphy and key
definitions, in Wilgus,
C. K., et al., Sea-level Changes An Integrated Approach, Society of Economic Petrologists and Mineralogists, Special Publication 42,
p. 38-45. |
Laboratory exercises:
Laboratory exercises will generally be due within one week of when they are
handed out in lab. Your lab grade will be calculated as the average of exercise
scores and will make up one-sixth of your overall course grade. A tentative
schedule of laboratory exercises is provided in the attached study guide and
course calendar.
Field Trips: We will have required
field trips to Ripon Friday afternoon April 18th followed by a weekend field
trip (May 2-4) to interpret Lower Paleozoic strata of Winnebago, Outagamie,
Brown, and Door counties.
Research paper: This is a writing emphasis course. A 10 page
research paper is required and represents one third of the grade. Deadlines for
the paper include: 1) outline and list of references, March 7th; 2)
first draft; April 31st; and 3) final draft; April-30th.
Deadlines are DEADLINES. Missing any deadline will result grade being reduced
one letter grade for each day it is late.
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STRATIGRAPHY 5-311,
3 Credits, SPRING 2008
Tentative schedule of class
topics and readings.
Instructor: Dan Lehrmann.
Text: Walker and James,
1992, Facies Models
FIRST
1/3RD OF COURSE: Fundamental controls on sedimentation and basin evolution.
Feb 4. Introduction to stratigraphy and fundamental controls on sedimentation.
Feb. 6. Stratigraphic nomenclature
[ North American stratigraphic
code In Boggs p. 588. Articles 3, 4, 17-20, 22-31, 43, 48-52, 58, 66-75]
plus Boggs, p. 417-419.
Feb. 8 Lab. Discussion of research papers. Exercise: Stratigraphic Nomenclature {due 2-15}.
Feb. 11. Basin classifications. Extensional and passive margin basins.
[Miall p. 505 – 522; Boggs, p-550-558].
Feb. 13. Convergent basins.
[Miall p. 522 – 548; Boggs, p. 562-565].
Feb. 15 lab. Research papers and resources. Assignment outline and reference list {due 3-7}.
Feb. 18. Epicontinental basins.
[Miall p. 596 – 600; Boggs, p. 558-562].
Feb 20. Transform basins.
[Miall p. 549 – 562; Boggs, p. 565-568].
Feb. 22 lab. Vertical and lateral stratigraphic patterns. Correlation.
[Boggs p. 400-420]. Exercise: stratigraphic sections {due 2-29}.
Feb. 25. Stratigraphic correlations, cross sections and maps.
[Boggs p. 421 – 427, 484-485; 569-575].
Feb 27. EXAM-I
Feb. 29 lab. Exercise: stratigraphic cross
sections {due 3-21}.
SECOND 1/3RD OF COURSE: Depositional
environments and facies models.
March 3. Facies models / Eolian depositional systems.
[Walker and James, ch. 1, 2, 8].
March 5. Alluvial depositional systems
[Walker and James, ch. 7].
March 7 lab. Research paper outline and reference list due. Exercise: fluvial systems {due 3-14}.
March 10. Shoreline siliciclastic systems.
[Walker and James, ch. 9, 10, 11].
March 12. Siliciclastic slope and turbidite systems.
[Walker and James, ch. 13].
March 14 lab. Exercise: Deltaics / core description {due 3-21}.
Drafts of strat. cross sections will be viewed and discussed.
March 17. Carbonate platforms and reefs.
[Walker and James, ch. 15, 17].
March 19. Peritidal carbonates and evaporite systems.
[Walker and James, ch. 16, 19].
March 21 lab. Video on tidal flats.
Exercise: modern carbonate sediments and ancient carbonate rocks {due 4-4}.
March 24-28 Spring break. Whoo-hoo! (make sure to work on your research papers!).
March 31. First draft of research paper due. Carbonate slope systems.
[Walker and James, ch. 18].
April
2. EXAM-II.
April 4 lab. Exercise: Investigation of modern carbonate tidal flats using remote sensing {due 4-11}.
FINAL 1/3RD OF COURSE: Advanced stratigraphic concepts.
April 7. Basin Analysis.
[Boggs, p.550-552; 575-581; Miall, p. 414 - 435].
April 9. Advanced stratigraphic techniques. Event stratigraphy and chemostratigraphy.
[Boggs. P. 462-476; 533-549].
April 11. Exercise: Subsidence analysis {due 4-18}.
April 14. Advanced stratigraphic techniques. Sequence stratigraphy.
Exercise: construction of a chronostratigraphic chart.
[Boggs p. 450-462., Payton, 1977: p. 53-62; Van Wagoner et. al., 1988].
April 16. Subsurface techniques. Well logs.
[Boggs, p. 427-432].
April 18 lab. Local field trip; Ripon, depart 11:30 return before 5:00p.
April 21-25; AAPG/ NC GSA. No class –yippee! But don’t forget to work on research papers!
April 28. Exercise: Well-log correlation.
April
30. Final draft of research papers due! Subsurface techniques. Seismic stratigraphy.
[Boggs, p. 433-450].
May 2-4. Field trip to New London and Door County. Continued work on Paleozoic depositional sequences of Wisconsin. Depart Fri May 2nd , at 11:30am; return Sat or Sun evening depending on weather outlook.
May 5. Exercise: Seismic stratigraphy.
May 7. Statistics and computer modeling in stratigraphy.
[Scan Goldhammer , 1990].
May 9 lab. Exercise: Statistical experiments.
May 12. Economic applications.
May
14. EXAM-
.