Sedimentology Courses and Certifications

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GPR Applications in Sedimentology

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Explore ground-penetrating radar applications in sedimentology, from river beds to sand dunes, with high-resolution imaging of shallow stratigraphy across diverse environments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Kitchen Cupboard Sedimentology

Explore kitchen cupboard items to understand sedimentary rocks and geological processes. Dr. Gough uses everyday examples to explain complex sedimentology concepts.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

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Living Landscapes: Present and Past Interactions Between Coastal Sediments and Biota - Sharp Lecture 2014

Exploring interactions between coastal sediments and biota, from modern wetland erosion to early life evidence in rocks, using models and experiments at the intersection of geomorphology, ecology, and paleontology.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

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Contourite and Mixed Depositional Systems: Understanding Deep-Water Processes

Explore deep-water processes, contourites, and mixed depositional systems shaped by bottom currents. Learn about their formation, evolution, and significance in modern oceans and ancient records.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

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The Fingerprint of Environmental Change in the Aeolian Sedimentary Record

Explore how aeolian sedimentary systems record environmental changes, using field, remote-sensing, and modeling approaches to reconstruct past desert environments and predict future responses to climate change.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

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The Ichnology of Carbonate Drifts

Explore bioturbation in carbonate drifts to uncover detailed palaeoenvironmental conditions, enhancing understanding of past oceanic and ecological settings.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

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Transforming Carbonate Mud to Microspar - Looking Behind the Diagenetic Curtain

Explore the fascinating process of carbonate mud transformation to microspar, uncovering the intricate details of diagenesis in sedimentary geology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

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Fates of World Major River-Derived Sediments - Along-shore vs Cross-shelf Transport

Explores sediment transport patterns of major rivers, highlighting extensive alongshore dispersal and formation of distal mud depocenters, with few rivers directly reaching deep sea.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

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The Genesis of Limestone-Marl Alternation - Testing an Environmental Proxy

Explore the formation of rhythmic carbonate lithologies, examining genesis models, diagenetic biases, and data analysis techniques for limestone and marl alternations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

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Supercritical Flows: The Sedimentology of the Upper Flow-Regime

Explore sedimentology of supercritical flows, including bedforms, Froude number transitions, and cyclic steps. Understand flow regimes and their impact on sediment patterns in fluid dynamics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

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Microbial and Non-Marine Carbonates

Explore microbial and non-marine carbonates through analyses of freshwater dolomites, hydromagnesite-magnesite playa, and lacustrine microbial carbonates, offering insights into their formation and characteristics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

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Emerging Technologies for Quantitative Interpretation of Carbonate Rock Images

Explore machine learning applications for automatic identification of carbonate facies using core images, improving accuracy and consistency in geological classifications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

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Deep Water Sediment Deposition from Hybrid Contour-Turbidity Currents

Explore the interaction between sediment gravity flows and bottom currents in continental slope morphologies, revealing new insights from laboratory experiments on hybrid bottom-turbidity currents.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

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Virtual Graphic Logs: Applications for Teaching and Research

Explore virtual graphic logging for sedimentary research and teaching. Learn key geological field skills, improve observational techniques, and enhance inclusivity in classroom environments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

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An Introduction to OSL Dating and Luminescence Signals

Explore the fundamentals of Optically Stimulated Luminescence dating, its applications in sedimentology, and how luminescence signals provide insights into transport-deposition processes.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video