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title: Sedimentology & Stratigraphy
description: This field studies the formation, transport, and deposition of sediments, alongside the correlation of rock layers. Learners will analyze sedimentary structures to reconstruct past environments and interpret the geological history of a region.
category: sciences
subcategory: earth-and-environmental-science
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/sedimentology-and-stratigraphy
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# Sedimentology & Stratigraphy

This field studies the formation, transport, and deposition of sediments, alongside the correlation of rock layers. Learners will analyze sedimentary structures to reconstruct past environments and interpret the geological history of a region.

## Available Resources

1 Books • 3 Websites

## Websites

### 1. USGS Sedimentology

USGS program page on fluvial sediment, linking its sampling protocols, laboratory methods for suspended-sediment concentration and particle size, and the national monitoring data. Shows how sediment transport is actually measured in rivers rather than only modelled.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources/science/sedimentology

**Tags:** sediment-transport, fluvial-geomorphology, field-methods, hydrology, usgs-data

### 2. SEPM - Society for Sedimentary Geology

Open teaching archive from the Society for Sedimentary Geology covering sequence stratigraphy, carbonate and clastic depositional systems. Combines lecture notes, outcrop and thin-section image galleries, animations, and interpretation exercises on well logs and seismic sections with worked answers.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.sepmstrata.org/

**Tags:** sequence-stratigraphy, depositional-environments, carbonate-geology, seismic-interpretation, sedimentary-geology

### 3. stratigraphy.org

Stratigraphy.org is the official site of the International Commission on Stratigraphy, providing authoritative global stratigraphic standards and time scale charts used to organize Earth's history. It offers access to the Geological Time Scale, stratigraphic chart definitions, GSSPs, and links to publications and educational resources for historical geology.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://stratigraphy.org

**Tags:** websites, science-research, earth-science

## Books

### 1. Sedimentary Geology

**Author:** Donald R. Prothero, Fred Schwab

Undergraduate textbook pairing sedimentary petrology with stratigraphic principles: sediment texture and composition, depositional environments, then sequence and seismic stratigraphy. Prepares a reader to interpret a measured section and correlate rock units across a basin.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0716727269?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, science-research, earth-science

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