Sedimentology explores the origin, transport, deposition and diagenetic alterations of the materials that compose sediments and sedimentary rocks. Stratigraphy investigates how those types of rocks ...

Have you ever wondered what’s beneath your feet? What if you could travel 3 miles underground? Photo of Marathon Oil’s Visionarium - provided courtesy of Christie Digital and AVTG You would find ...

In addition to a wide range of undergraduate courses taught by ARISE members at SFU, we regularly offer 4 graduate courses ranging from Ichnology to Petroleum Geology. Below are descriptions of these ...

The stratigraphic profile used here is from the site of Namu. It should be noted that this profile was created through several depositional episodes. The author has chosen to outline the distinctive ...

After 13 years of meticulous excavation of the nearly complete skeleton of the Australopithecus fossil named Little Foot, South African and French scientists have now convincingly shown that it is ...

In lab this week we will look at sedimentary structures in hand specimen. I will pass out a worksheet in class, and you will fill in the worksheet during lab. If you need extra time you can turn in ...