Sedimentary Geology as a synthesis of Stratigraphy and Sedimentology: description and classification of sedimentary rocks; physical processes of sedimentation; stratigraphic classifications; facies analysis as the link between Sedimentology and Stratigraphy; principles of Sequence Stratigraphy
Bosellini A., Mutti E., Ricci Lucchi F., Rocce e Successioni Sedimentarie, UTET 1989; Nichols G. Stratigraphy and Sedimentology, 2nd Edition Wiley-Blackwell 2009
Learning Objectives
The course provides an introduction to the description and interpretation of sedimentary rocks in terms of physical processes of sedimentation and in relation with the stratigraphic record
Prerequisites
Knowledge of basic Geology
Teaching Methods
Number of credits: 6
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 150
Hours reserved to private study and other individual formative activities: about 100
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 48
Type of Assessment
Oral test
Course program
Origin and Evolution of Sedimentary Geology as the synthesis of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy; description and interpretation of sedimentary rocks; from sediment production to deposition; Different approaches to the stratigraphic classification; Facies analysis: a tool linking Sedimentology and Stratigraphy; Introduction to the Sequence Stratigraphy; Sedimentary Geology as an interdisciplinary resource in Geosciences