Program Overview

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Course Overview

Course Description

The course TGB4165, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, is an intermediate-level course that focuses on the transport and deposition of sediments, sedimentary textures and structures, depositional environments and facies, and stratigraphy and stratigraphical principles.

Course Details

Course Content

The course covers the following topics:

• Transport and deposition of sediments
• Sedimentary textures and structures
• Depositional environments and facies
• Stratigraphy and stratigraphical principles
• Practicals consist of the microscopy of sedimentary rocks, interpretation of sedimentary structures, description and interpretation of sedimentary facies in cores, and interpretation of graphic sedimentary logs.

Learning Outcome

Knowledge

The student should have knowledge about:

• Origin and transport of sedimentary materials
• Composition, classification, and diagenesis of sedimentary rocks
• Facies and depositional environments
• Stratigraphical principles and methods

Skills

The student should be able to:

• Classify sedimentary rocks from outcrops, hand specimens, and thin sections
• Recognise and interpret sedimentary structures
• Construct and interpret graphical sedimentology logs, both from cores and outcrop
• Use lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic data for correlation purposes

General Skills

The student will gain experience with writing a scientific report of field observations.

Course Structure

Learning Methods and Activities

The course consists of lectures and compulsory practicals, as well as a compulsory field course. Field work may be scheduled for a weekend.

Compulsory Assignments

• Exercises
• Field course

Evaluation

Further on Evaluation

The grade in the course is based on an oral exam (70%) and a field course report (30%). In order to be eligible to receive a grade in the course, both assessments must receive a passing score. Students who have passed the course and would like to try to improve their grade will only re-take the final exam, not the report. Students who have failed the course but passed the report will only re-take the final exam.

Prerequisites and Recommendations

Recommended Previous Knowledge

Knowledge equivalent to TGB4100 Geology, Introduction.

Course Materials and Credits

Course Materials

To be announced at the start of the semester.

Credit Reductions

The course has academic overlap with the following courses:

• SIG0525
• MNGGEOL106 If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject Areas and Department

Subject Areas

• Geology
• Technological subjects

Department with Academic Responsibility

Department of Geoscience

Examination

Examination Arrangement

Oral exam and report

Grade

Letter grades

Ordinary Examination - Spring 2026

Report

Weighting: 30/100 Exam system: Inspera Assessment

Oral Exam

Weighting: 70/100 Examination aids: Code D Date: Time: 09:00 Duration: 1 hour

Re-sit Examination - Summer 2026

Oral Exam

Weighting: 70/100 Examination aids: Code D Duration: 1 hour