541-0074/07 – Sedimentology (S)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Knowledge and explanation how to recognise the common lithologies, textures and sedimentary structures, and how to record and measure these features.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Summary
The course is devoted to the basics of environmental sedimentology. Students will learn the basic principles of classification of sediments. A substantial part is devoted to an overview of individual sedimentation environments and genetic types of sediments. It includes the stratigraphic significance of sediments.
Compulsory literature:
BOGGS, S.: Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (4th ed.), 2006, Pearson Prentice Hall - Pearson Education.
PERRY, C., K. TAYLOR: Environmental Sedimentology - Blackwell Publishing, 2007,1-447. Oxford
SELLEY R.C.: Applied Sedimentology. 2000, 1-520. Academic Press
JAMES N.P., JONES B.: Origin of Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks. American Geophysical Union, 2015, 464 s.
Recommended literature:
NICHOLS, G.: Stratigraphy and Sedimentology. – Blackwell Publishing, 1999, 1-355. Oxford
TURCKER M.U.: Sedimentary Rocks ind the Field. Wiley New York, 1993, 1-153.
YU X., LI S., LI S.: Clastic Hydrocarbon Reservoir Sedimentology. Springer, 712 s.
LEWIS D.W., McCONCHIE D.M.: Practical Sedimentology. Springer, 1994, 217s.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Laboratory and seminar work, oral exam with written preparation.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study of recommended literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Sedimentary textures – grain size (classification)
2. Sedimentary structures – stratification and bedforms (bedding, bedforms, cross-lamination, irregularstratification), bedding-plane markings
3. Continental environments: characteristic and type of sediments of aeolian deposits, alluvial fans, fluvial and floodplains, lakes, glacial
4. Marginal marine environments: beach, barrie risland, estuaria, lagoons, tidalflats
5. Marine environments: siliciclastic shelf, deep-water, carbonate and environments.
(in all environments characteristic of sedimentation, place of origin, nature of the sedimentary bodies)
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction