Geology of sedimentary basins

  • ECTS

    4 credits

  • Component

    Faculty of Science

Description

Genesis, nature and fate of deposits in sedimentary basins.

Cycle of 15 courses / lectures / debate and TP/TD

Content of the integrated courses (sedimentary basins, alteration of continents),

(e.g. sediment transport, detrital and carbonate environments, factors affecting sedimentation: sequence stratigraphy, diagenesis)

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Necessary pre-requisites

Basics of general geology and sedimentary petrography

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Knowledge control

Modality of the knowledge controls : 100 % CC

 

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Organization (SDS or local)

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Continuous control

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Additional information

  • Synthetic description of the concepts covered in CM:

sedimentary basins, alteration of continents,

sediment transport, continental and marine detrital and carbonate environments, factors affecting sedimentation: sequence stratigraphy, diagenesis

  • Synthetic description of the TD sessions and number of hours associated with each session
  • Synthetic description of the practical sessions and number of hours associated with each session

7TPs: Terrigenous Detrital Rocks; Chemical, Carbonaceous, Weathering Rocks; Fluvial Environments; Carbonate Rocks and Carbonate Platform Environment; Marine Environments; Extreme Environments

  • Description of the themes/manipulations addressed during your field trip(s) and details of the destinations/sites
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