Geol.742 STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS (3 C.H)
Sedimentary rocks as recorders of earth processes, principles of stratigraphy, nature of stratigraphic data: outcrop, core, well logs and seismic data, methods of stratigraphic analysis, workflow of sequence stratigraphic analysis, construction & interpretation of stratigraphic cross sections, isopach and structural contour maps, fundamental components and concepts of sequence stratigraphy, system tracts and their litho, bio and seismic signatures, stratigraphic record and its completeness, detailed division of the stratigraphic record and geological time, stratigraphic correlation, high resolution stratigraphic methods, basins-crustal tectonics- stratigraphic analysis, applications to depositional systems.
Books Recommended:- Priniciples of stratigraphic analysis by Blatt, H., Berry, W.B.N., Brande, S., 1991. Blackwell.
- Principles of stratigraphy by Brookfield, M.E., 2004. 2nd Ed. Blackwell Publishing.
- Basin analysis: principles and applications by Allen, P.A. and Allen, J.R., 1990. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.
- Principles of sequence stratigraphy by Catunaenu, O., 2006. Elsevier.
- Stratigraphic principles and practice by Weller, J.M., 1960. Harper and Brothers, New York.