ECTS
4 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Description
Genesis, nature, and future of deposits in sedimentary basins.
Series of 15 lectures/conferences/debates and practical/tutorial sessions
Course content / Integrated practicals / Tutorials (sedimentary basins, continental weathering,
sediment transport, detrital and carbonate environments, factors affecting sedimentation: Sequential stratigraphy, diagenesis)
Teaching hours
- Geology of sedimentary basins - Practical workPractical Work9 p.m.
- Geology of Sedimentary Basins - LectureLecture3 p.m.
Mandatory prerequisites
Fundamentals of general geology and sedimentary petrography
Knowledge assessment
Assessment method: 100% CC
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Additional information
- Brief description of the concepts covered in CM:
sedimentary basins, continental weathering,
sediment transport, detrital and carbonate continental and marine environments, factors affecting sedimentation: sequential stratigraphy, diagenesis
- Brief description of tutorial sessions and number of hours associated with each session
- Brief description of practical sessions and number of hours associated with each session
7TPs: Terrigenous detrital rocks; Chemical, carbonaceous, and weathered rocks; Fluvial environments; Carbonate rocks and carbonate platform environments; Marine environments; Extreme environments
- Description of the topics/activities covered during your field trip(s) and details of the destinations/sites