![]() Geology 364 Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis Lynn S. Fichter - Fichtels@jmu.edu
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DOING SCIENCE AND STRATIGRAPHY
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Sample Tests |
Sample Test Number One: Facies Elements This test uses several pages of illustrations that are not provided here. However, a sample page of structures is linked here. Sample Page of Structures Key to Test Number One - a Word file; when you click it it will ask you either to open it in Word, or save it to disc. Do which ever works for you at the moment. |
Sample Test Number Two: Sequence Theory This test uses several pages of illustrations not provided here. However, the questions on the sample test give you an idea of what charts and diagrams to study (all of them), what questions to ask yourself (or your study partner) while studying, and how the homework assignments are incorporated into the test. I, of course, want you to know and understand it all :-) so the only question is, "What format is Fichter going to use to give me the opportunity to demonstrate my deep knowledge and wisdom of sequence theory."
And I know you will demonstrate it brilliantly. ![]() |
Sample Test Number Three: Depositional Systems The test is accompanied by several pages of illustrations not provided here: pictures of outcrops, maps of deposystems, strip logs of outcrops for deposystems. To prepare, review the depositional systems we studied, examining them as energy dissipating structures. That is, think of environments not as places but as processes, and learn to reconstruct the processes that create the maps, that create the outcrops, that result in the stratigraphic sections. This should not be rote memorization but learning to analyze and construct understanding from knowledge of the processes. And study together in small groups. Quiz each other. Examine and discuss the systems from every viewpoint going from processes to strip log, from strip log to map, from map to strip log, etc. Ideally I want you to learn the ability to encounter any system, even ones you have not seen before, and be able to analyze, dissect, induce, deduce, and come to understand them both from the bottom-up, and from your broad knowledge of top-down theories in stratigraphy and sedimentation. |