Subject description
This subject provides an overview of marginal marine sediments, sedimentary environments and fossils using local field examples as a teaching platform. Topics include: clastic high- and low-energy shelf sediments; evaporates; reefs and cool water carbonates; deep ocean sediments; marine transport mechanisms; major marine invertebrate groups and their fossil records; palaeoecology; … For more content click the Read More button below.
Equivalence
GEOS915 - Advanced Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments
EESC332 - Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments
EESC965 - Advanced Perspectives in Sedimentology
Tutorial enrolment
Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS
Delivery
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Engagement hours
Contact Hours:2 hour lecture and 3 hour practical per week
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Locate, synthesise and interpret sedimentological and palaeontological data, information and observations on marginal marine sedimentary successions, particularly in terms of the Permo-Triassic Sydney Basin, south-eastern Australia.
2.
Apply knowledge and appropriate techniques, including those associated with fieldwork, to interpret the geological and taphonomic importance of marine fossil assemblages for palaeoenvironmental interpretations.
3.
Demonstrate broad and coherent knowledge and understanding of the processes responsible for the formation of a range of sedimentary facies as well as coal, petroleum, uranium, and placer deposits.
4.
Demonstrate broad and coherent sedimentological and stratigraphical knowledge of the trends, processes and impacts that have shaped Earth throughout geological time, and that continue to modify Earth surface environments.
Assessment details
In-class quiz (2x)
Field Skills
Quaternary Molluscan faunal analysis project
Theory Exam
Work integrated learning
Embedded WIL:This subject contains elements of "Embedded WIL". Students in this subject will experience activities that relate to or simulate professional practice as part of their learning.
Textbook information
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Contact details
Faculty contact