University of Nevada, Las Vegas  


Department of Geoscience
GEOL781: Carbonate Depositional Systems
Spring, 2009


Course Section: 001 Classroom Location: LFG 105
Dr. Ganqing Jiang Office Location: LFG206
Email: jiangg@unlv.nevada.edu Lectures: M-W: 10:00 - 11:15 am
Class website: http://faculty.unlv.edu/ganqing/GEOL781/ Office hours: Thursday 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm



Class Syllabus

Class Schedule

Week
Day
Date
Topics
Notes and References
Project/Field trips
1
M
Jan-12
Introduction and discussion on syllabus
Lecture notes
  
1
W
Jan-14
Review of the siliciclastic depositional systems I ?Alluvial –Fluvial -Delta
Lecture notes
  
2
M
Jan-19
Martin Luther King Day
No Class
  
2
W
Jan-21
Review of the siliciclastic depositional systems II ?Marine Systems
Lecture notes
  
3
M
Jan-26
Carbonate particles, secretion mechanisms and carbonate classification
Lecture notes
  
3
W
Jan-28
Carbonate depositional systems: overview
Lecture notes
  
4
M
Feb-2
Carbonate depositional systems: Peritidal carbonates and cycles
Lecture notes
  
4
W
Feb-4
Peritidal carbonate cycles
Lecture notes
Reading assignments
5
M
Feb-09
Carbonate depositional systems: Ramp and Rimmed shelf
Lecture notes
  
5
W
Feb-11
No class
No class
  
6
M
Feb-16
Washington's Birthday Recess, No class
No class
  
6
W
Feb-18
Carbonate Depositional Systems from Platform Margin to Basin
Lecture notes
  
7
M
Feb-23
Reefs, Mounds, and carbonate platform drowning
Lecture notes
Reading assignments
summary due next Monday, March 2
7
W
Feb-25
Marine carbonate diagenesis
Lecture notes
This Friday, Arrow Canyon Field Trip
8
M
Mar-02
Midterm Exam Review
Lecture notes
  
8
W
Mar-04
Midterm Exam
Midterm Exam
  
9
M
Mar-09
Meteoric and Burial diagenesis
Lecture notes
  
9
M
Mar-11
Meteoric and Burial diagenesis
No new slides
  
10
M
Mar-16
Carbonate mineralogy and chemistry
Lecture notes
Read the papers for CL and isotopes
10
W
Mar-18
No class; Talk to Dr. Came
Diagensis: CL and isotopes
  
11
M
Mar-23
Carbonate Petrography
Thin section, LFG 202
  
11
W
Mar-25
Carbonate Petrography
Thin section, LFG 202
  
12
M
Mar-30
Application of Geochemical and Petrographic Data in Carbonate Studies
Lecture notes
  
12
W
Apr-1
Unusual carbonate deposits: METHANE SEEPS and MISS STRUCTURES
Lecture notes
  
14
M
Apr-13
No class, Write a report for Saltzman et al. (2005)
Find the paper here
Reports due Wednesday, April 15
14
W
Apr-15
Guest lecture by Prof. Rowland: Cambrian Reefs and Climate
Reprints distributed
  
15
M
Apr-20
Isotopes, trace elemental concentrations and diagenesis
No new slides
  
15
W
Apr-22
Field work and project description
Handouts
  
16
M
Apr-27
Stratigraphic columns
   
  
16
W
Apr-29
Field project discussion and summary