Geosc 572

Spring 2006

Lecture and Lab Schedule:
Lecture - Monday 1:30-3:30 pm in 418 Deike

ANGEL
Click here for a link to the ANGEL, Penn State's course management system

Text:
Sedimentary Rocks in the Field, 2003. By Tucker, M. E., John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, United Kingdom, Third edition, 234 p.

Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce graduate students to the study of sedimentary rocks (the emphasis will be on carbonates however we shall also study siliciclastics with a focus on turbidite deposits) using the Guadalupe Mountains as our natural laboratory. Our goal is to develop fundamental field skills and to gain a broad geologic understanding of the evolution of an Upper Permian carbonate platform and reef complex in a classic geologic area. The Guadalupe Mountains provide superb continuous exposure of a wide spectrum of carbonate and siliciclastic environments across a shelf to basin transect. We will focus on the interpretation of depositional environments and stratal architecture based on observations in the field.

Field Trip:
Depart: From Deike Building, May 3
Arrive: Carlsbad, N.M., May 4
Field Work: May 5 - May 11
Depart: Carlsbad, N.M., May 12
Arrive: Deike Building, May 13

Helpful Information:
Pictures from May 2006 field trip
Slide Show of previous Field Stratigraphy classes (pdf format)

This site was last updated on May 25, 2006
web problems may be directed to crosenho@geosc.psu.edu

	Field Stratigraphy
	Geosc 572

Instructors: Mark Patzkowsky 539 Deike Building 814.863.1959 brachio@geosc.psu.edu Peter Flemings 307 Deike Building 814.865.2309 flemings@geosc.psu.edu Assistants: James Bonelli 441 Deike Building 814.863.6741 jbonelli@geosc.psu.edu Ellen Currano 534 Deike Building 814.863.9353 ecurrano@geosc.psu.edu	Spring 2006 Lecture and Lab Schedule: Lecture - Monday 1:30-3:30 pm in 418 Deike ANGEL Click here for a link to the ANGEL, Penn State's course management system Text: Sedimentary Rocks in the Field, 2003. By Tucker, M. E., John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, United Kingdom, Third edition, 234 p. Course Description: This course is designed to introduce graduate students to the study of sedimentary rocks (the emphasis will be on carbonates however we shall also study siliciclastics with a focus on turbidite deposits) using the Guadalupe Mountains as our natural laboratory. Our goal is to develop fundamental field skills and to gain a broad geologic understanding of the evolution of an Upper Permian carbonate platform and reef complex in a classic geologic area. The Guadalupe Mountains provide superb continuous exposure of a wide spectrum of carbonate and siliciclastic environments across a shelf to basin transect. We will focus on the interpretation of depositional environments and stratal architecture based on observations in the field. Field Trip: Depart: From Deike Building, May 3 Arrive: Carlsbad, N.M., May 4 Field Work: May 5 - May 11 Depart: Carlsbad, N.M., May 12 Arrive: Deike Building, May 13 Helpful Information: Pictures from May 2006 field trip Slide Show of previous Field Stratigraphy classes (pdf format) This site was last updated on May 25, 2006 web problems may be directed to crosenho@geosc.psu.edu