Stratigraphy (GEL 3560) Syllabus Spring 2007
Instructor: R. Jorstad Office: S2039 Office Hours: 10 M, W, F & 2 Th
Phone: 6244/2626 e-mail: rbjorstad@eiu.edu Class: 10-11 T, R in room S1060

Tentative Schedule

week of M Tuesday Thursday
1/8 intro, rock ID*, online code history of geology
1/15 lithostratigraphy & facies migration, sediment facies map* lithostratigraphy, column 1*
1/22 lithostratigraphy (Shaw, Sloss, cycles), corelation exercise chronostratigraphy, geochronology, column 1*
1/29 geologic time, film: Dating the Earth; column 1* fossil record, range chart*
2/5 biostratigraphy (correlation, zones), range chart*, SD/WYO * biostratigraphy (assemblages, evolution, paleoecology), SD/WYO *
2/12 biostratigraphy,SD/WYO*
quantitative correlation, graphic correlation*
2/19 miscellaneous stratigraphy (well logging, seismic strat), cross sections* miscellaneous stratigraphy (magnetics, chemostratigraphy, unconformities), radio dating, cross sections*
2/26 film: Bryce Canyon, Zion Grand Canyon, isopach/structure, correlation chart* basin subsidence (isostacy & eustacy); isopach/structure contour maps*
3/5 licensure, review,contour maps* EXAM 1
3/12 Spring Break Spring Break
3/19 Archean, fence diagram* Proterozoic, fence diagram*
3/26 WWW stratigraphy*; MacDEM*, web page development* Illinois Basin; local stratigraphy*
4/2 provinces & structures, local stratigraphy* well log lab*
4/9 Sauk, field project*,well log lab* Tippecanoe, field project*,well log lab*
4/15 Grand Canyon stratigraphy, film Hidden Secrets, field project* presentations, , field project*
4/23 Ager, field project* review, film America's Western National Parks, field project*
4/30 Final Exams Final on Monday 4/30 at 10:15

* lab work

This schedule will be modified as needed. There are some very new internet tools that may be inserted into the schedule when available.
Text: Sedimentary Geology 2nd edition by Prothero and Schwab with supplemental readings in Regional Stratigraphy of North America by Frazier and Schwimmer

Lab manual: Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy by Willman and others
Required materials: 10-20-30 triangular scale, 9"X12" vellum (packets available in bookstore) and flash drive.

Grades based on a combination of percent and class rank. Attendance and timely submission of lab work and assignments are required and will affect grades. Students are expected to have read relevant material prior to class. There will be exams, several lab projects, several book and article reviews, special reading assignments, an "electronic term paper", a final field project, student presentations, and quizzes, e-mail and computer work. Exams will include questions on the assigned reading. Details concerning required field work will be provided at a later date. Students may be expected to attend the regional Geological Society of America meeting. The Kaskaskia, Zuni, Absaroka, and Tejas cratonic sequences will be highlighted if time permits.

Study aids will be available on the WWW from the instructors home page at http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~rbjorstad/

updated1/85/07