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18-Geol-A3 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy: December 2017

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  1. Question 1 Products of Subaerial Physical and Chemical Weathering
  2. Question 2 Paleosols — Definition and Recognition
  3. Question 3 Diagenesis and Its Stages, with Process and Product Examples
  4. Question 4 Sandstone Framework, Matrix and Cement; QFL Classification
  5. Question 5 Dunham (1962) Limestone Classification with Embry & Klovan (1972) Modification
  6. Question 6 Carbonate Platform Types, Energy Distribution and Facies
  7. Question 7 Glacial, Eolian and Beach Sediments — Textural and Mineralogical Differences
  8. Question 8 Pelagic and Hemipelagic Deposit Components (Circle All Applicable)
  9. Question 9 Rip Currents and Longshore Currents — Formation and Sediment Dispersal
  10. Question 10 Meandering River Depositional Model
  11. Question 11 Near-Bed Flow Regime and Cruziana Ichnofacies (MCQ)
  12. Question 12 Fundamental Units of the Four Stratigraphic Sub-Disciplines
  13. Question 13 The Principle of Faunal Succession and Basin Analysis
  14. Question 14 Structure-Contour, Isopach and Lithofacies Maps in Basin Analysis
  15. Question 15 Depositional Sequences, System Tracts and Sea-Level Change
  16. Question 16 Conformable versus Unconformable Stratigraphic Boundaries
  17. Question 17 Basin Tectonic Setting and Syndepositional Structures (MCQ)

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EGBC National Exam — Geological Engineering, 04-Geol-A3, Sedimentation & Stratigraphy, 2017-Dec. Closed book, 3 hours, no calculator permitted.

Reference texts: Nichols, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 2nd ed. (depositional environments, facies models, flow regime and bedforms, carbonate platforms, stratigraphic principles, correlation, sequence stratigraphy); Boggs, Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks, 2nd ed. (weathering, sandstone and carbonate classification, diagenesis); Allen & Allen, Basin Analysis, 3rd ed. (basin classification, subsurface mapping); Tearpock & Bischke, Applied Subsurface Geological Mapping, 2nd ed. (structure-contour, isopach and lithofacies mapping, syndepositional structures).