Geol.701 TRANSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND FACIES (3 C.H)
Distribution, deltaic process, deltaic sediments, delta morphology, delta in the rock record, tidal flats, carbonate intertidal environments, ancient tidal environments, summary, coastal bays: estuaries and lagoons, general characteristics, processes, sediments, distribution, estuarine sequences, ancient example of estuarine deposits, lagoons, lagoonal sediments, modern lagoons and ancient lagoonal sequences and the barrier island system.
Books Recommended:
- Recognition of Ancient sedimentary Environments, Society of Economics
- Paleontologists & Mineralogists by Rigby, J.K. and Hamblin, W.M.K., 1972. Special publication No.16.
- Sedimentary Environments, processes, Facies & Stratigraphy by Reading, H.G., 1996. 3rd Edition, Blackwell Science Ltd., Osney Mead, Oxford.
- Ancient Sedimentary Environments by Selley, R.C., 1985. Champan & Hall td., London.
- Depositional Systems: A Genetic Approach to Sedimentary Geology by Davis, R.A. Jr.,
1983. Prentice Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.