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Seds + Palaeo

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Decks in this class (21)

Seds refs
Structures,
Skewness,
Compaction
8  cards
Sed structures
Trough cross bedding,
What is a bedform,
Geopetal
14  cards
Seds - General
Stratigraphy,
Uses of sedimentary study,
What are clastics
16  cards
Seds - Sequence Stratigraphy
Definition of stratigraphy,
Layer cake and correlation principle,
Lithostratigraphy
17  cards
Seds - Diagenesis
Diagenesis,
Diagenetic process stages,
Diagenesis in sandstones
9  cards
Seds - Evaporites
What is an evaporite,
Evaporite minerals,
Evaporite precipitation
19  cards
Seds - Carbonates
Calcite as a major carbonate mineral,
Aragonite as a major carbonate mi...,
Dolomite as a major carbonate min...
15  cards
Seds - Fluvial and Alluvial Systems
Braided river systems,
Braid bars,
Pebble clusters
19  cards
Seds - Intertidal
Controls on sedimentation at the ...,
Control on sedimentation waves,
Control on sedimentation tides
9  cards
Seds - Neritic and Turbidites
Meaning of neritic,
Turbidity current,
Boumba sequence
8  cards
Seds - Deep Oceans
Deep ocean sedimentation timing,
Deep ocean water structure,
Wind driven currents
14  cards
Palaeo - Basics
Trophic structure,
How might the presence of photosy...,
What are the primary photosynthes...
10  cards
Palaeo – Histories and Succession
Ecological succession,
The equation,
Distinguish two biological strate...
13  cards
Palaeo - Systematic Palaeontology
History of evolution,
Principles of selection,
Mechanisms of forming new species
9  cards
Palaeo - Higher classification
Portraying evolutionary history,
Groups on an evolutionary tree,
Classifying extinct organisms
7  cards
Palaeo – Taphonomy
What is taphonomy,
Taphonomic sequence,
Taphonomic activity
7  cards
Palaeo - Functional Morphology
What controls morphology,
Plants and their environment,
Morphology in response to energy
5  cards
Palaeo - Ichnology
Types of trace,
Martinsson s scheme,
Challenges in naming ichnofacies
9  cards
Palaeo - Cambrian Ecosystems
The cambrian fauna and js,
3 faunal groups,
Species trends of the three faunas
7  cards
Palaeo - Productivity and macroevolution
Controls on body size,
What factors add to or reduce the...,
Sea trophic pyramid
11  cards
Palaeo refs
3d classification cube,
Trophic nucleus,
Competitive exclusion
9  cards

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