Sedimentary Petrology and Stratigraphy
Overview
- Credit value: 15 credits at Level 5
- Convenor: Dr Thomas Vandyk
- Assessment: an essay (20%) and three-hour practical examination (80%)
Module description
Indicative syllabus
- Weathering
- Erosion and geomorphology
- Sandstone petrography and diagenesis
- Carbonate petrography and diagenesis
- Sedimentary facies analysis
- Alluvial, deltaic, coastal, shallow and deep marine environments
- Controls on sedimentation, sequence stratigraphy
- Principles of stratigraphy
Learning objectives
By the end of this module, you will be familiar with:
- sedimentary processes
- sedimentary petrography
- facies analysis
- the illustration of clastic and carbonate sedimentary environments
- sequence stratigraphy.