ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Description
Genesis, nature and fate of deposits in sedimentary basins.
Cycle of 15 courses/lectures/debates and practical work/days
Content of integrated courses / practical / practical work, (sedimentary basins, alteration of continents,
sediment transport, detrital and carbonate environments, factors affecting sedimentation: sequence stratigraphy, diagenesis)
Necessary prerequisites
Fundamentals of general geology and sedimentary petrography
Knowledge control
Test of knowledge: 100% CC
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Organization (FDS or local) |
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Continuous control |
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Further information
- Synthetic description of the concepts covered in CM :
sedimentary basins, continental weathering,
sediment transport, detrital and carbonate continental and marine environments, factors affecting sedimentation: sequence stratigraphy, diagenesis
- Summary description of TD sessions and number of hours associated with each session
- Synthetic description of TP sessions and number of hours associated with each session
7TPs: Terrigenous detrital rocks; Chemical, carbonaceous and weathering rocks; Fluvial environments; Carbonate rocks and carbonate platform environments; Marine environments; Extreme environments
- Description of the themes/manips covered during your field trip(s) and details of destinations/sites