SHORT COURSE

"Sequence Stratigraphy in Siliciclastic Environments " by A. Schäfer, Bonn

Date: 31.08.2008, 9:00 to 12:00 h and from 13:30 to 17:30 h

Location: Conference Centre

Ideal number of participants: 20 - including graduate students, PhD students, postdocs, and junior scientists in geosciences

Registration fee: € 25, covering a PowerPoint handout (please indicate participation with registration)

Concept

Earth's structural evolution and basin development provide the accommodation space in sedimentary basins. Tectonics and, at a smaller scale, climate variations initiate the eustasy of the oceans. The depositional record in continental and marine environments depends on the relative sea level. Rainfall, storms, and evaporation control the drainage of continents sourcing alluvial plains, coasts, shallow seas, and deep oceans. Thus, cyclicity in siliciclastic stratigraphic successions must be interpreted using the tools of sequence stratigraphy.

Topics to be discussed
	Astronomical cyclicity, eustasy and relative sea level, the making of stratigraphic sequences.
	Base-level stratigraphy - powerful implement for practical work.
	Well profiles, geophysical logs, and seismic sections - modern subsurface tool in basin analysis.
	Sequence stratigraphy applied to field studies.