SPRING 2006
William L. Fisher, Professor, 471-5600, Geo 6.130 or 6.218D (check both)
(office hours when door is  open),  wfisher@mail.utexas.edu

Charles Kerans, Professor, 471-4282, Geo 3.216EA, ckerans@mail.utexas.edu

 l. Lecture and lab schedule

 2. Textbooks:

Posamentier, H. W. and Allen G. P. (1999)Siliclastic Sequence Stratigraphy--Concepts and Applications:
SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology  #7, 204 p., Tulsa

 Kerans, C. and Tinker, S. W. (1997) Sequence Stratigraphy and Characterization of Carbonate Reservoirs: 
 SEPM Short Course No. 40. l30 p., Tulsa

Supplemental Texts:
Emery, D. and Myers, K. J. (1996) Sequence Stratigraphy: Blackwell, 297 p.
Miall, A. D. (1996) The Geology of Stratigraphic Sequences: Springer.

Additional readings:  See Basic Reference List

Supplemental Class Handouts will be provided

3. Lab meets 2 hours per week:  Exercises in sequence and cycle definition, interpretation, and mapping from outcrop sections, cores,
    logs, and reflection seismic

4. Field trip: three to four day excursion during Spring Break, March 14-19 to Delaware Basin and Last Chance Canyon,
    Guadalupe Mountains, NM

5. Student presentations: Required lab work, LCC mapping and class assignments (term papers or debates)

6. Grade composition: Midterm (20%), Lab (30%) Presentations (20%), Final (30%)