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Entreprise/Lieu de travail
Pocatello, Idaho Area, Idaho United States
Profession
Owner of W.W. Little Geological Consulting; Professor of Geology at BYU-Idaho
Site Web
http://littleww.wordpress.com
À propos
2017 Field Course Schedule
The summer 2017 schedule and description for my field course, THE BOOK CLIFFS: A CASE STUDY IN COASTAL SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY, are posted on my website: http://littleww.wordpress.com.
BACKGROUND AND INTERESTS
20+ years doing complex geology, mentoring students/co-workers, and presenting at meetings as Director of the Surficial Materials Program-Missouri Geological Survey and sedimentary geologist/field camp director at BYU-Idaho.
My primary interests and background are regional correlation of terrestrial strata in tectonically active areas, application of sequence stratigraphy to terrestrial deposits, distinguishing the relative importance of eustasy and te...
Mots-clés
sedimentology
stratigraphy
sequence stratigraphy
facies models
coastal
book cliffs
field course
shoreline
utah
blackhawk formation
sedimentary rocks
star point sandstone
panther tongue
storrs member
spring canyon member
shoreline system
sunnyside member
kenilworth member
desert member
castlegate sandstone
grassy member
aberdeen member
geomorphology
sedimentary structures
mancos shale
castigate sandstone
stratigraphic code
systems tracts
carbonate systems
deep water fan systems
turbidites
deep sea fan systems
clastic shelf systems
shallow marine systems
deltatic systems
fan delta systems
deltaic systems
tidal systems
beach system
shoreface system
barrier island system
glacial systems
shoreline processes
eolian systems
alluvial fan systems
anastomosing fluvial systems
braided fluvial systems
fluvial systems
carbonates
mudstone
conglomerate
sandstone
sink holes
mississippian
pennsylvanian
paleovalley
paleokarst
missouri
ordovician
mars
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