Introduction to Sedimentology; classification of clastic sedimentary rocks: main depositional processes; Carbonate and Evaporite sedimentology; application of Sedimentology to the stratigraphic analysis
Rocce e Successioni Sedimentarie, Bosellini, Mutti e Ricci-Lucchi, UTET
Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, G. Nichols, Blackwell
Learning Objectives
Description of textures and structures of sedimentary rocks, interpretation of the main depositional processes and dynamics for a reconstruction of ancient depositional environments
Prerequisites
Geology 1, Physical Geography/Geomorphology
Teaching Methods
Lectures and field laboratory
Further information
PowerPoint slides will be available for the students
Type of Assessment
The oral final examination is aimed to verify the concepts discussed in the lessons through the description and interpretation of images and schemes representing sedimentary structures
Course program
Brief history of sedimentology and recall the main types of sedimentary rocks, sediment characteristics, classification of sedimentary rocks; mechanisms of transport and deposition of clastic sediments, the main sedimentary structures, applications of sedimentology in Sedimentary Geology, facies analysis and sedimentary facies;