Abstract
We describe a multi-week basin-analysis lab for sedimentary geology that utilizes construction, analysis, and interpretation of 1) sedimentary facies and structures, 2) paleocurrent data, 3) subsurface data, 4) paleogeographic data, 5) bio- and magnetostratigraphic data, and 6) subsidence curve(s) associated with a hypothetical sedimentary basin. Students collect most of the data in the field during trips that occur prior to and during the lab, and analyze their data by hand and with the aid of selected computer programs. Ultimately, students synthesize an integrated analysis and discuss a series of questions about basin history (for example, paleogeography, paleotectonics) and economic potential (for example, hydrocarbon systems). Students individually collect and analyze most of the data but orally present selected aspects of their synthesis in teams. The exercise allows students to develop their skills in field-data collection, and analysis and interpretation of a variety of sedimentarygeology data types, and provides an opportunity for them to integrate such data into a general synthesis of a basin's history.
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