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Sediments and sedimentary rocks are archives of information about environmental, tectonic, and biological conditions that prevailed at the time they were laid down. Stratigraphy is the study of geological rock layers that involves documenting sedimentary successions, interpreting them, correlating sedimentary units across basins, and where possible, dating them, either directly or indirectly. This lecutre-style course will explore advanced techniques for interrogating the stratigraphic record. Topics include cyclicity in the sedimentary record, sequence stratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, sedimentary control on the fossil record, and the record of deep sea sediment cores.