541-0901/05 – Sedimentology (S)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2016/2017 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
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
Summary
The recapitulation of basic principles of sediment classifications. The
classification of sedimentary environments and facies analysis. Models of
sedimentary environments. Terrestrial sedimentary environments. Transition
sedimentary environments. Marine sedimentary environments. Particularities of
carbonate sedimentation. The basis of basin analysis. The science of sequences
and their reflection in the content and composition of fossils. Sequential
stratigraphy. The Quaternary weathering process and particularities of
Quaternary sedimentation.
New trends in sediment research and reconstruction of fossil sedimentary
environments.
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:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Účast na konzultacích, ústní zkouška.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study of recommended literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
The recapitulation of basic principles of sediment classifications.
The classification of sedimentary environments and facies analysis.
Models of sedimentary environments.
Terrestrial sedimentary environments.
Transition sedimentary environments.
Marine sedimentary environments.
Particularities of carbonate sedimentation.
The basis of basin analysis.
The science of sequences and their reflection in the content and composition of fossils.
Sequence stratigraphy.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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