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GEOS-5214: Carbonate Depositional Systems and Sequence Stratigraphy

Description: Classroom, laboratory and field examination of the temporal and spatial makeup and controls on mineralogy and constituent composition of sedimentary carbonates, sequence stratigraphy of carbonate platforms, paleoclimatic significance of carbonates succession. Introduction to porosity evolution and cementation of carbonates in marine, meteoric and burial realms.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 8

Average GPA: 3.80 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 74.04%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

James F Read201079.8%20.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.725
Benjamin C Gill202196.7%3.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.933

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