Stratigraphic Thinking

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Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
SYLLABUS

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I. Processes, transport, deposition
and diagenesis of sediment
A. Introduction
B. Weathering
C. Transport and deposition of siliciclastic
sediment 1. Fluid flow and
particle transport
2. Gravitational flow
D. Sedimentary structures
1. Primary physical structures
a. bedforms and the concept of flow
regime
b. stratification types
2. Soft-sediment deformation
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 II. Siliciclastic
sediments
A. Conglomerates
1. Composition
2. Texture
a. grain size
b. grain shape
c. surface texture
3. Classification
B. Sandstones
1. Composition
2. Texture
a. grain size
b. grain shape
c. surface texture
3. Classification
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C. Mudrocks
1. Composition
2. Origin and occurrence
D. Diagenesis
1. Compaction
2. Cementation
3. Recrystallization
&Replacement
4. Diagenetic histories
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 E. Siliciclastic depositional
environments
1. Terrestrial
a. alluvial fans
b. fluvial systems
i. braided
ii. meandering
c. lacustrine
d. eolian

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 2. Coastal
/Transitional
a. deltas
b. peritidal
c. barrier complexes

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 3. Marine
a. shelf
b. slope and rise
c. pelagic

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III. Biogenic, chemical and other
non-siliciclastic sedimentary
rocks
A. Carbonate rocks
1. Carbonate mineral chemistry and carbonate
geochemistry
2. Controls on carbonate deposition
3. Limestone components and classification
4. Limestone diagenesis
5. Dolomite and dolomitization
B. Carbonate depositional environments
1. Peritidal
2. Subtidal shelf
3. Reefs and buildups
C. Other biogenic rocks
1. Chert
2. Phosphorites
3. Organic-rich sediments
D. Chemical and non-epiclastic sedimentary rocks
1. Solution geochemistry
2. Iron-rich sedimentary rocks
3. Evaporites
4. Volcanogenic sedimentary
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IV. Stratigraphy
A. Lithostratigraphy
1. Facies
2. Transgression and regression
3. Framework for accumulation
4. Gaps in the record
5. Catastrophic uniformitarianism
6. Correlation
7. The nature of the control
a. cycles
b. event-stratigraphy
8. Time, time-rock and rock units & the
stratigraphic code
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 B.
Biostratigraphy
1. Evolution and paleoecology
2. Biostratigraphic zonation
3. Time-significance of
biostratigraphic events
4. Index fossils
5. Quantitative biostratigraphy

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 C. Geophysical and
chemostratigraphic
correlation
 1. Well-logging
2. Seismic stratigraphy
a. waves in the Earth
b. seismic profiles
c. Sequence stratigraphy
 3. Magnetostratigraphy
4. Chemostratigraphy

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 D. Geochronology and
Chronostratigraphy

 1. Radioactive decay
2. Age-dating methods
3. Chronostratigraphy and correlation
4. Constructing the geologic time
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 E. Sedimentary rocks in
space & time
 1. Basin analysis
2. Stratigraphic diagrams and maps
3. Tectonics and sedimentation
a. cratonic sedimentation
b. plate tectonics
i. divergent margins
ii. convergent margins
iii. transform margins
c. geosynclines and plate tectonics
d. tectonics and sandstone petrology
 4. Secular changes in the sedimentary
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 Nilai Akhir
 Kehadiran kuliah/ Absensi
 Tugas tugas (mandiri / group)
 EPS & UAS

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