Class Schedule - Topics/Readings in Boggs (4th Edition)

Sept. 1 - Introduction

Sept. 3 - Types of sedimentary materials - text pages xvii-xix (introduction)

Sept. 5 - Weathering and origin of sedimentary particles  text pages 2-20

Sept. 8 - Fluid flow  text pages 21-27

Sept. 10  - Sediment transport  text pages 27-36

Sept. 12 - Mass flows and deposition  text pages 36-47

Sept. 15 - Grain size text pages 50-64

Sept. 17 - Shape, roundness and fabric  text pages 65-73

Sept. 19 - Stratification and bedforms  text pages 73-93

Sept. 22 - Bedding plane, deformational and biogenic structures  text pages 94-115

Sept. 24 - Siliciclastic sediment composition - text pages 117-135

Sept. 26 - No Class - NYSGA

Sept. 29- Conglomerates and mudstones - text pages 135-145

Oct. 1- Diagenesis of Sandstones - text pages 145-154

Oct. 3 - Stable Isotopes in Sediments - text pages 535-549

Oct.  6 - First hour exam   (2000 First Hour Exam) - (2001 First Hour Exam) - (2003 First Hour Exam) - (2004 First Hour Exam) - (2006 First Hour Exam) -  (Spring 2008 First Hour Exam)

Oct. 8 -  Introduction to Biochemical sediments

Oct. 10 -  Carbonate geochemistry, particles and rock classification - text pages 170-200

Oct.13 - No Class - EAAPG

Oct. 15 - Carbonate environments - text pages 159-182

Oct. 17 - Carbonate diagenesis - text pages 182-196

Oct. 18-21 - Mid-term break

Oct. 22 - Chemical sediments – text pages 197-229

Oct. 24 - Organic sediments – text pages 229-239

Oct. 27 - Depositional environments text pages 242-243

Oct. 29  – Glacial systems  text pages 276-287

Oct. 31 - Alluvial and fluvial systems  text pages 245-258

Nov. 3- Aeolian systems text pages 258-268

Nov. 5 -Deltaic Systems - text pages 289-306

Nov. 7  -Second Hour Exam (click here for Fall 2001 Second Hour Exam)  (click here for Fall 2003 Second Hour Exam)

Nov. 10 - Beach/barrier systems - text pages 306-316

Nov. 12 – Tidal-flat systems - text pages 326-332

Nov. 14-  Shelf systems  - text pages 334-349

Nov. 17 - Deep marine systems - text pages 349-365

Nov. 19 - Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis – text pages 398-413

Nov. 21- Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis – text pages 413-462

Nov. 24 -  Tectonics and sedimentation - text pages 154-157, 550-556

Nov. 26-30 - Thanksgiving Break

Dec. 1  - Tectonics and Sedimentation - Appalachian Basin

Dec. 3 - Hydrocarbon Systems I

Dec. 5 - Hydrocarbon Systems II

Dec. 8 - Hydrocarbon Systems III

Dec. 10 - Carbon Sequestration in Sedimentary Basins

Dec. 12 - Open