Discipline: Geology (Sedimentology)
Level: Junior to Advanced
Instructor: Dr. Erik Scott
Length: 1 Day
Who Should Attend
Geologists, geophysicists, and engineers working on reservoirs from fluvial settings.
YOU WILL LEARN
- The features of a meandering fluvial system
- Processes that transport sediment
- Architecture and characteristics of fluvial deposits
ABOUT THE COURSE
Tucked away just south of The Woodlands, Texas is the Montgomery County Preserve – a greenway that holds a natural laboratory to explore a meandering creek system. We will spend the day along a ½ km of Panther Creek where it merges with Spring Creek to investigate numerous features of the creeks as well as interact with the processes that form and continually modify them. We will visit a number of locations and discuss the processes that are occurring and the resultant features that are there. Participants will be able to experience the dynamic nature of river systems and expand their understanding of sedimentological processes and deposit architecture.
COURSE CONTENT
- Morphology of meandering river systems
- Sedimentological processes of fluvial systems
- Architecture, grain size distribution and sedimentary structures of fluvial deposits