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GP3087 Sedimentary Geology, Dept. of Earth Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan

Instructor: Dr. Andrew T. Lin

This course introduces the principles of sedimentology and stratigraphy. Topics will be covered are: origin and transport of sedimentary materials, physical properties of sedimentary rocks, composition, classification, and diagenesis of sedimentary rocks, depositional environments, and principles of stratigraphy and basin analysis. This course also includes a two-day field training in SW Taiwan.

Course Outline

Part I: Origin and Transport of Sedimentary Materials

• 1. Weathering and soils
• 2. Transport and deposition of siliciclastic sediments

Part II: Physical Properties of Sedimentary Rocks

• 3. Sedimentary textures
• 4. Sedimentary structures

Part III: Composition, Classification, and Diagenesis of Sedimentary Rocks

• 5. Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks
• 6. Carbonate sedimentary rocks
• 7. Other chemical/biochemical and carbonaceous sedimentary rocks

Part IV: Depositional Environments

• 8. Continental environments
• 9. Marginal-marine environments
• 10. Siliciclastic marine environments
• 11. Carbonate and evaporite environments

Part V: Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis

• 12. Lithostratigraphy
• 13. Sequence and magnetic stratigraphy
• 14. Biostratigraphy
• 15. Chronostratigraphy and geologic time
• 16. Basin Analysis, tectonics, and sedimentation

Textbook

Boggs, S., Jr., 2006, Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, fourth edition: Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 662 pp.

Class Assistant

許天曜

蕭宇皓

Course Schedule

Class: 4 September ~ 16 October 2025

Midterm exam: 23 October 2025

Class: 30 October ~ 11 December 2025

Final exam: 18 December 2025

Field trip: 1 ~ 2 November 2025 (Southwest Taiwan, 曾文溪、七股潟湖)

Grading

Midterm exam 35%

Final exam 35%

Field trip 20%

Assignments 10%

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