TTU Sedimentology Blog

LATEST NEWS & EVENTS

2023: Washington State field trip: From Mt. Rainier to the Pacific Ocean! Tracking sediment transport processes across a continuum of depositional environments
2023: Experiments underway at Tulane University and its Delta Basin
May, 2023: Second international student field trip: The Ebro Basin, Spain
2023: Belize survey: Mapping the morphometry of a mixed carbonate-clastic shelf margin
2023: Winter-time survey of Cedar Creek: Installation of equipment to monitor flood conditions during the spring freshet
2022: Peat stream research in northern Minnesota underway: Efforts led by John Nelson to tackle morphodynamic operations of Cedar Creek
May, 2022: First international student field trip: The Western Irish Namurian Basin
Summer 2021: Jeff is a Red Raider. Adios, Houston. On to Lubbock!
Wanted: New Group Members! Please send inquiries here.
Fall, 2021: GeoAllies Allyship Training Program Launches

PAST NEWS & EVENTS

Travis Swanson Joins Georgia Southern University as Faculty
AAPG Lecture: David Hoyal – January 11, 2018
Research Highlight: Chenliang Wu Examines Channel Bodies in the Ordos Basin
Sedimentology Rapid Response to Yellow River Flood
Lowell Instruments Highlight
Sedimentology Leads Research in Ireland
Rice University and Boston College Conduct Winter Survey on Huanghe Delta, China
EPSP Young Researcher Spotlight: Brandee Carlson
2023: Washington State field trip: From Mt. Rainier to the Pacific Ocean! Tracking sediment transport processes across a continuum of depositional environments
2023: Experiments underway at Tulane University and its Delta Basin
May, 2023: Second international student field trip: The Ebro Basin, Spain
2023: Belize survey: Mapping the morphometry of a mixed carbonate-clastic shelf margin
2023: Winter-time survey of Cedar Creek: Installation of equipment to monitor flood conditions during the spring freshet
2022: Peat stream research in northern Minnesota underway: Efforts led by John Nelson to tackle morphodynamic operations of Cedar Creek
May, 2022: First international student field trip: The Western Irish Namurian Basin
Summer 2021: Jeff is a Red Raider. Adios, Houston. On to Lubbock!
Wanted: New Group Members! Please send inquiries here.
Fall, 2021: GeoAllies Allyship Training Program Launches

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What is Sedimentology?

Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern and ancient depositional systems, to evaluate the transport of sediment and production of stratigraphy. This information has application for evaluating rivers, deltas, coastal, and marine environments.

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