General Class Information

YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Michelle A. Kominz, Associate Professor of Geology


WHERE TO GET AHOLD OF HER:

In person: Rood 1133; by phone: 7-5340; by e-mail: kominz@wmich.edu


WHEN TO GET AHOLD OF HER:

Office hours: TTH; 2:00 to 3:00 or by appointment
REQUIRED TEXT: None
There really isn't one for backstripping,
I was going to write on but had to find a job instead
I will be using Emery and Myers, "Sequence Stratigraphy"    and Miall "The geology of stratigraphic sequences"  A few copies may be available in the book store.

Monday and Wednesday  10:00 - 11:15 am
Course Home Page:
http://www.geology.wmich.edu/Kominz/qstrat.html

Course Procedures

My intention is to provide the information on two modern methods of basin analysis, backstripping and sequence stratigraphy in order to use them in your thesis or future work.  Thus, practical hands-on exercises and projects will be provided.  As graduate students it is necessary for you to be aware of the research that is being done in the field that uses, is used for, and bears directly on these techniques.  Thus, literature review and discussion will be an integral part of the class.  As future professionals in the geological sciences you will need to be able to express yourself.  Class participation is an important and required part of this class.
 
 

WEEK 1: BACKSTRIPPING

9/1  Overview,
 Math
& 9/3?

WEEK 2: BACKSTRIPPING

9/8  Finish Math,
  Black box - the backstripping program
  Michigan Basin Project assignment
  Reading assignment

WEEK 3: BACKSTRIPPING

9/13  Hands On Exercise part 1 & 2
 WD, Lithologies (r, f),
  Diagenesis, Dissolution, Cementation
  Literature Discussion
  Reading assignment

9/20  Exercise part 1&2 due
 Age, Interpolation of Ages, Sea-level
  Literature Discussion
  Reading assignment

9/27  Passive margins/Active margins/ Continental Basins
  Hands on exercise part 3
  Literature Discussion
 Reading assignment

WEEK 6: BACKSTRIPPING

10/4 - Exercise part 3 due
  Literature Discussion
  Maturation/hydrocarbons
  2-dimensional and 3-dimensional backstripping,
     examples
10/7-10/10 Sequence Stratigraphy Field Trip to Kentucky w/ Dr. Barnes and his Stratigraphy class.

WEEK 7: BACKSTRIPPING

10/11 - No class
10/13 - Michigan Basin Project Due
  Discussion Michigan Basin Project Results
  Michigan basin history

WEEK 8: SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY

10/18  Overview, Implications and Historical Perspective
 Reading assignment

10/25  Sequence stratigraphy
  methods of seismic stratigraphy
  Hands on exercise 1
  Literature Discussion
  Reading assignment

WEEK 10: SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY

11/1  HO Exercise 1 Due
  Chronostratigraphy
  Hands on exercise 2
  Literature Discussion
  Reading assignment

WEEK 11: SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY

11/8  HO Exercise 2 Due
  Shallow clastic deposition
  Begin Baltimore Canyon Project
  Literature Discussion
  Reading assignment

11/15  First line interpretation due
  Deep clastic deposition
  Compare first line to NCB, begin to tie through
  Literature Discussion
  Reading assignment

11/22  Compare results of tie, where are problems?
  Mechanisms for generating sequences
  Generate chronostratigraphy for BCP
  Literature Discussion
  Reading assignment

WEEK 14: SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY

11/29  Baltimore Canyon Project Due, discuss results
  Literature Discussion
  Limitations and Potential for Error in Sequence Strat.
  How Does Sequence Stratigraphy Reconcile with
     Backstripping?