Sedimentology Courses and Certifications

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Glacial Deposits and Earth's Glaciation Sediment Record - What is Normal?

Explore Earth's diverse glacial deposits across geological eras, challenging assumptions about 'typical' glacial sediments and encouraging critical analysis of glaciation records.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Fluvial Models - Assessing Variability in Distributive Fluvial Systems

Explore variability in fluvial systems through case studies of Huesca and Salt Wash, examining facies models and their implications for interpreting geological records and building predictive models.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Tide-Dominated and Tide-Influenced Depositional Systems

Explore modern and ancient tidal systems, examining challenges in their investigation and common misconceptions about sedimentary structures and depositional environments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Reconstructing Flow Properties and Depositional Environment from Sole Marks - The First Field Test

Explore how sole marks can reveal flow properties and depositional environments, with insights from field data in the Aberystwyth Grits Group of West Wales.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• 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
• Self-Paced
• 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
• Self-Paced
• 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
• Self-Paced
• 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
• Self-Paced
• 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
• Self-Paced
• 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
• Self-Paced
• 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
• Self-Paced
• 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
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Sequence Stratigraphy of Late Paleozoic Cyclothems

Explore the formation, characteristics, and sequence stratigraphy of cyclothems in Carboniferous and Permian paleotropical successions, examining their depositional environments and debating their origins.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Marine and Near Surface Diagenesis in Carbonate Systems

Explore marine and near-surface carbonate diagenesis through expert presentations on biogeochemical drivers, karst geobody extraction, microporosity distribution, and petrophysical properties of calcitic and aragonitic deposits.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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The Carbonate Forum - Platform Scale and Fault Controlled Fluid Flow

Explore platform-scale fluid flow and fault-controlled dolomitization in carbonate systems through expert presentations on isotope analysis, localization controls, and reactive transport modeling.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video