GEO9220 – Depositional Environments and Stratigraphy
Course description
Course content
The course presents and discusses principles of weathering, erosion, transport and deposition, with particular emphasis on allogenic and autogenic factors. Sedimantary facies and paleontological analyzes, sedimentary logging and studies of well logs and seismics will be combined with basic principles of bio- stratigraphy and sedimentology in integrated asessments of depositional environments.
Learning outcome
The students will be introduced to basic understanding of the major environments of deposition and stratigraphical principles, mainly bio- and sequence stratigraphy.
Admission
PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb.
If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.
PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must apply for a position as a visiting student within a given deadline.
Prerequisites
Recommended previous knowledge
The course is based on sedimentological knowledge compatible to the book by Boggs (2006, 4th edition)
Overlapping courses
- 5 credits overlap with GEO4216 – Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy
- 10 credits overlap with GEO4220 – Depositional environments and biostratigraphy (discontinued)
Teaching
Lectures and seminars and exercises (8 hours per week) and two days in the field. Mandatory reports from the exercises and excursion. Students will present selected articles related to the course curriculum.
Attendance at the first lecture is compulsory. Students who fail to meet, are considered to have withdrawn from the course unless they have previously given notice to the Study administration, email address: studieinfo@geo.uio.no
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