1. Sedimentary Geology Geos 240 – Chapter 8 Depositional Environments Part 3 Deltas & Continental Shelves Dr. Tark Hamilton Dr. Tark Hamilton Readings from Sediments & Basins: (8:1-67) Readings from Sediments & Basins: (8:1-67) Camosun College Camosun College

2. Deltaic Environments

3. Channel Sand over Coal Seam Jurassic Mountain Park, Alberta

4. Channel cut into Delta Front Sandstone Paleogene, Arctic Canada

5. Overbank & Crevasse Splay Deposits Carboniferous Kentucky

6. Channels cut into Carboniferous Kentucky

7. Coals overlain by Crevasse Splay Carboniferous Deposits Kentucky

11. Sedimentary Models across Estuaries

12. Continental Shelf Environments Siliciclastic

13. Giant Sand Ridges in the North Sea: 1. Shallow shelf 2. Bathymetric restrictio 3. Strong tidal & storm currents 4. Big Waves!

14. Tidal Sand Wave, Brittany (France)

15. Facies Model for a Shelf Storm Cycle

16. Storm Cycles across shelf margins versus depth

17. Hummocky Cross Stratification Storm Shelf, Cretaceous Oil Sands Alberta

18. The End: Chapter 8-Part 3!