EPSC 425. Sediments to Sequences.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Advanced techniques for interrogating the sedimentary record. Exploration of both descriptive and quantitative approaches to describing and interpreting the stratigraphic record, including sedimentary facies analysis, seismic stratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy, and chemostratigraphy. Other topics include methods for dating and age-calibrating the stratigraphic record and approaches to analyzing sedimentary cycles.
- Winter
- 2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory
- Prerequisites: EPSC 355 or ESYS 300 or GEOG 272, or permission of the instructor.