ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Description
The origin, nature, and future of deposits in sedimentary basins.
Series of 15 classes / lectures / discussions and lab sessions / tutorials
Course Content / Integrated Lectures, Lab, and Tutorials (sedimentary basins, continental weathering,
sediment transport, detrital and carbonate environments, factors affecting sedimentation: sequential stratigraphy, diagenesis)
Class Hours
- Geology of Sedimentary Basins - LabLaboratory Work9:00 p.m.
- Geology of Sedimentary Basins - LectureLecture3:00 p.m.
Mandatory Prerequisites
Fundamentals of General Geology and Sedimentary Petrography
Knowledge Assessment
Assessment Method: 100% Continuous Assessment
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Additional Information
- Brief description of the concepts covered in fourth grade:
sedimentary basins, continental weathering,
sediment transport; detrital and carbonate continental and marine environments; factors affecting sedimentation: sequential stratigraphy; diagenesis
- Summary description of the tutorial sessions and the number of hours associated with each session
- Brief descriptions of the lab sessions and the number of hours associated with each session
7TPs: Terrigenous detrital rocks; Chemical, carbonate, and weathered rocks; Fluvial environments; Carbonate rocks and carbonate platform environments; Marine environments; Extreme environments
- Description of the topics/hands-on activities covered during your field trip(s) and details on the destinations/sites