Sedimentary Rocks and Surface Runoff

This course provides students with the foundational knowledge needed to understand the transfer processes that affect our planet’s outer layer. Students will learn to interpret the evidence of these processes through the study of sedimentary rocks.

Hourly volumes:

CM: 3:00 p.m.

TD: 3 hours

Practical Training: 12:00 p.m.

Land: 6 hectares

Understanding the major transport mechanisms at the Earth's surface using current examples (Part 1) in order to then attempt to decipher this message in ancient sedimentary sequences at outcrops (Part 2)

UE HAT301T Sedimentary Geology, Tectonics, and Cartography

100% continuous assessment (graded tutorials and lab sessions, field trip report, continuous assessment exam)

• Brief description of the concepts covered in fourth grade:

Part 1: 1- Fluvial systems; 2- Coasts dominated by waves; 3- Coasts dominated by tides. Part 2: 1- Introduction to sedimentary geology; 2- Residual rocks; 3. Terrigenous detrital rocks; 4–5. Biogenic rocks (carbonate, siliceous, phosphate); 6. Evaporites; 7. Coal and oil.

• Summary description of the tutorial sessions and the number of hours associated with each session

Case studies of modern river and coastal systems. Morphosedimentary analysis of cartographic and satellite imagery

• Brief descriptions of the lab sessions and the number of hours associated with each session

Study of the macro- and microfacies of sedimentary rocks to reconstruct depositional environments—Morphosedimentary analysis of cartographic and satellite imagery

• Description of the topics/hands-on activities covered during your field trip(s) and details on the destinations/sites

Analysis of sedimentary landscapes and study of outcrops in various current and ancient depositional environments. Training in sedimentary facies analysis, cross-section mapping, and outcrop sketching

- Apply fundamental concepts and technologies in sedimentology (macro- and microfacies) to reconstruct depositional environments and conduct morphosedimentary analysis of cartographic and satellite imagery, in order to address a problem in the field and/or analyze a research paper or presentation;

- Analyze and synthesize data for use;

- Develop an argument using logic and critical thinking;