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MIT OpenCourseWare
Sedimentary Geology
Art: US Army, US Weather map from 1872, 1872 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. John Southard
- Term
- Spring 2007
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 17 other files · 2 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
Other versions of this course
- 12.110 · Spring 2007 · Study here (this version)
- 12.110 · Fall 2004 · Study here
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 12.110 Sedimentary Geology, Spring 2007, Prof. John Southard — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
What's here, and what isn't
- A lecture sequence of 8 items is confirmed. No assignments or exams were found for this course, so it stays as organized materials rather than a full course order.
Materials by section
Grouped by section, as MIT organized them. Not sequenced or ordered.
Lecture Notes
15 files
- Lecture 1: The Nature, Description, and Classification of Sediments Download
- Lecture 2: Physics of Sedimentation (PDF 1) Download
- Lecture 2: Physics of Sedimentation (PDF 2) Download
- Lecture 3: Sedimentary Structures Download
- Lectures 4-5: Siliciclastic Rocks Download
- Lectures 6-7: Carbonate Sediments and Rocks Download
- Lecture 8: Cherts and Evaporites Download
- Lecture 9: Diagenesis Download
- Lecture 10: Paleontology (PDF 1) Download
- Lecture 10: Paleontology (PDF 2) Download
- Lecture 10: Paleontology (PDF 3) Download
- Lectures 11-12: Depositional Environments Download
- Lectures 13-14: Stratigraphy Download
- Lecture 15: Sedimentary Basins Download
- Lecture 16: Fossil Fuels Download
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Course outline
Syllabus · Lecture Notes
Lecture 2: Sediment texture (cont.) Sediment transport
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Lecture 3: Sediment transport (cont.)
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Lecture 8: Cherts and evaporites
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Lecture 9: Diagenesis
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Lecture 10: Paleontology
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Lecture 15: Sedimentary basins
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Lecture 16: Fossil fuels
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