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18-Geol-A3 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy: May 2013

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  1. Question 1 Transgressions and Regressions
  2. Question 2 Recognizing Evolutionary and Migratory Events and Biofacies in the Rock Record
  3. Question 3 Flow Regime, Froude Number, Bed Forms and Sedimentary Structures
  4. Question 4 Engineering-Related Differences Between Siliciclastic and Carbonate Sediments
  5. Question 5 Cyclic Deltaic Deposits — Distinguishing Features and Engineering Significance
  6. Question 6 The Role of CO₂ in the Formation of Limestone
  7. Question 7 Meandering Stream vs. Alluvial Fan Depositional Models
  8. Question 8 Definitions
  9. Question 9 Mudstones, Wackes and Arenites for Terrigenous Sandstones
  10. Question 10 Clastic and Non-Clastic Chemical Precipitates and Biochemical Rock Types
  11. Question 11 Lithostratigraphy, Biostratigraphy, Chemostratigraphy and Allostratigraphy in the Global Time Scale
  12. Question 12 Methods for Recognizing Biofacies in the Rock Record

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EGBC National Exam — Geological Engineering, 04-Geol-A3, Sedimentation & Stratigraphy, 2013-May. Open book, 3 hours. All twelve questions are of equal value (12 marks each, plus 4 bonus marks for neatness) and the exam instructs "answers to eight (8) questions constitute a full examination paper".

Reference texts: Nichols, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 2nd ed. (depositional environments, facies models, flow regime and bedforms, stratigraphic principles throughout); Boggs, Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks, 2nd ed. (sedimentary rock classification, carbonate and chemical/biochemical rocks, diagenesis).