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1 Sedimentary Geology Geos 240 – Chapter 8 Depositional Environments Part 3 Deltas & Continental Shelves Dr. Tark Hamilton Dr. Tark Hamilton Readings from Sediments & Basins: (8:1-67) Readings from Sediments & Basins: (8:1-67) Camosun College Camosun College

2 Deltaic Environments

3 Channel Sand over Coal Seam Jurassic Mountain Park, Alberta

4 Channel cut into Delta Front Sandstone Paleogene, Arctic Canada

5 Overbank & Crevasse Splay Deposits Carboniferous Kentucky

6 Channels cut into Carboniferous Kentucky

7 Coals overlain by Crevasse Splay Carboniferous Deposits Kentucky

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11 Sedimentary Models across Estuaries

12 Continental Shelf Environments Siliciclastic

13 Giant Sand Ridges in the North Sea: 1. Shallow shelf 2. Bathymetric restrictio 3. Strong tidal & storm currents 4. Big Waves!

14 Tidal Sand Wave, Brittany (France)

15 Facies Model for a Shelf Storm Cycle

16 Storm Cycles across shelf margins versus depth

17 Hummocky Cross Stratification Storm Shelf, Cretaceous Oil Sands Alberta

18 The End: Chapter 8-Part 3!


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