Syllabus
1. Introduction - identification of the main sedimentary rock types and rock forming minerals under the microscope 2. Siliciclastic rocks - grain morphology, modal composition, provenance - typology of quartz grains; microstructures 3. Siliciclastic rocks - porosity, compaction, authigenesis, cements, pressure solution features 4. Carbonates I. - components, specific structures, microstructures, classification
(Folk 1962, Dunham 1962) 5. Carbonates II. - cement types, dolomitization, porosity, pressure solution dolomitization, dedolomitization, porosity, early, late and burial diagenesis, cements, diagenetic environments 6. Evaporites, cherts, ironstones, glauconite, phosphates
Course schedule: 12 2-hour or 6 4-hour microscopy lab practicals
Requirements: credit - 18 protocols with description and interpretation of rocks
Dependencies: course is following the Sedimentary petrology G421P13 and Microscopy G440P05 courses, which must be passed before attending Microscopy of sedimentary rocks
Aim:
Students will acquire strong skills in recognition of the rock composition, sedimentary structures and microstructures, and they will be able to interpret these data in terms of diagenetic history, fluid flow and small-scale depositional history.
Annotation
Students will acquire strong skills in recognition of the rock composition, sedimentary structures and microstructures, and they will be able to interpret these data in terms of diagenetic history, fluid flow and small-scale depositional history.