UW-Oshkosh Sedimentology students examining Glacial Lake Oshkosh sediments, Brown Co., Wisconsin.
UW-Oshkosh Sedimentology students examining Glacial Lake Oshkosh sediments, Brown Co., Wisconsin. |
Covid-19 Pandemic Requirements: All faculty, staff, students, and guests to the University are required to wear a face
covering while inside University buildings, including classrooms and laboratories.
Handling samples, other laboratory materials, and equipment will require you to wear sterile gloves (provided in the lab) or
cleaning your hands throughly with hand sanitizer (provided in the lab room).
Laboratory Schedule:
Lab meets Friday's from 9:10 - 11:20 PM in Harrington Hall 313.
Required for Lab: 10x-hand lens, textbook (see below), notebook.
| Sept. 10, Friday | Grain size measurement techniques and analysis. Modern terrestrial sediments II (*chp. 3). |
| Sept. 17 | Quantitative grain size measurement analysis and interpretation. (*chp. 3) |
| Required all day field trip, Saturday, September 18 | |
| Sept. 24 | Stream flow processes (*chp. 2). |
| Oct. 1 | Terrestrial sediments (*chp. 3). |
| Oct. 8 | Interpreting Environments I (*chp. 4). |
| Oct. 15 | Interpreting Environments II (*chp. 4). |
| Oct. 22 | Field trip sample analyses. |
| Oct. 29 | Paleoecology: Biological effects on sedimentation 1 (*chp. 4). |
| Nov. 5 | Paleoecology: Biological effects on sedimentation II (*chp. 4). |
| Nov. 12 | Biochemical sediments and rock classification and description I (*chp. 6). |
| Nov. 19 | Carbonate sediments and rock classification and description II (*chps. 6 & 11). |
| Nov. 26 | No Lab -- Thanksgiving Break |
| Dec. 3 | Carbonate sediments and rock classification and description III (*chps. 6 & 11). |
| Dec. 10 | Introduction to sedimentary petrography: carbonate rock diagenesis (*chp. 6). |
| Dec. 17 | No Lab |
* Refers to chapters and pages in: Boggs, S., Jr., 2012, Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 5th ed.: Prentice Hall.
Here is a list of good resources to review writing, grammar, chemistry, math, and other sciences.
Important Dates:
First Lecture: Wednesday, Sept. 8.
Last day to add without instructor signature: Sept. 14
Last Day to Add with Instructor’s Signature: Tuesday, October 5
Early Alert: Wednesday, October 6 - Tuesday, October 12
Last day to drop without Late Drop Appeal: October 22
(here is a link to the Registrar's Drop-Add form)
Thanksgiving Break: November 24-28
Last day of semester: Friday, December 17
Graduation: Saturday, December 18
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