Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

GEY 207 — Principles of Stratigraphy

GEY department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

At the end of the course, Students should be able to
define stratigraphy and classify stratigraphy
list and discuss techniques and parameters of stratigraphic analysis
discuss the geologic time scale and its applications
review the facies concept and application of Walthers law; and
explain correlation and correlation criteria Sciences 285 New

Course contents

Importance of stratigraphy. Stratigraphic classification. Basic principles of stratigraphy applied to sedimentary sequences in geologic time. Geologic time scale. Facies concept and facies changes. Stratigraphyy of sedimentary basins in Nigeria. Introduction to facies map. Correlation. Stratigraphic cross-sections.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study GEY 207.

GEY 207 — Principles of Stratigraphy

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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