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18-Geol-A3 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy: May 2014

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  1. Question 1 Carbonates — Genesis and Two Contrasting Types
  2. Question 2 Five Sedimentological Terms — Definitions and Significance
  3. Question 3 Mudstones, Wackes and Arenites
  4. Question 4 Litho-, Bio-, Chemo- and Allostratigraphy
  5. Question 5 Debris Flows and Turbidites
  6. Question 6 Five Short Sedimentological Topics
  7. Question 7 Airy and Pratt Isostasy Models

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EGBC National Exam — Geological Engineering, 04-Geol-A3, Sedimentation & Stratigraphy, 2014-May. Open book, 3 hours.

Reference texts: Nichols, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 2nd ed. (depositional environments, facies models, flow regime and bedforms, stratigraphic principles, glacial and aeolian systems throughout); Boggs, Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks, 2nd ed. (sedimentary rock classification, carbonate petrology, diagenesis and porosity); Allen & Allen, Basin Analysis (isostasy, subsidence and accommodation space).