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Ε6214 - PETROGENESIS OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

INSTRUCTORS

Lectures:

M. Kati, Assist. Prof.

Lab. Training:

M. Kati, Assist. Prof.

I. Megremi, Laboratory Teaching Staff

E. Moustaka, Laboratory Teaching Staff [Lab. Co-assistance]

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COURSE KEY ELEMENTS

LEVEL / SEMESTER:

EQF level 6; NQF of Greece level 6 / 6th

TYPE:

Specific background, Specialization of general knowledge, Skills development

TEACHING ACTIVITIES - HOURS/WEEK  - ECTS:

Lectures, Practical exercises
2 hours of lecturing,
1 hour of practical exercises per week,
4 ECTS credit

Prerequisites:

Recommended:

  • Y2202 - Systematic Mineralogy-Mineral Identification
  • Y3202 - Petrology Of Sedimentary Rocks
 

Language of instruction and Assessment:

Greek  (V.S.1 English)

Availability to Erasmus+ Students:

YES in English

COURSE CONTENT:

A. Lectures

The lectures of the course focus on basic issues of petrogenesis of sedimentary rocks (siliciclastic rocks, carbonate rocks, evaporites, phosphorites, cherts, sedimentary iron deposits and volcaniclastic rocks), and in particular, to the origin of their components, depositional mechanisms as well as to the diagenetic changes and modifications that they undergo after deposition, during burial until their final uplift. The main topics are:

  • ROCK-FORMING MINERALS OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS (chemistry, physicochemical and optical properties, forms, and occurrence).
  • GROUPS OF MINERAL CLAYS (Crystal structure, composition, origin and diagenesis)
  • ORIGIN AND KINDS OF SEDIMENTARY COMPONENTS
  • DEPOSITIONAL AND DIAGENETIC PROCESSES
  • ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF POROSITY
  • PARAGENETIC SEQUENCES
  • GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS AND TECTONIC SETTING OF COMMON SEDIMENTARY LITHOLOGIES AND FORMATIONS OF GREECE

B. Practical and Laboratory Exercises:

PART A: Optical properties of common sedimentary rock-forming minerals. Methodology of microscopic study of sedimentary rocks.

PART B: Petrographic study of sedimentary constituents (grains/crystals, matrix, cements, authigenic minerals). Depositional textural features and structures. Diagenetic products of cementation, replacement, dissolution, authigenesis, compaction, recrystallization, etc. Classification, types, and modifications of porosity.

PART C: Systematic petrographic classification and nomenclature (identification of lithotypes). Determination of petrofacies and microfacies (methodology).

PART D: Application of facies analysis to the interpretation of depositional and diagenetic mechanisms and environments. Interpretation of the nature and order of the diagenetic events/phenomena (paragenesis). Description of porosity evolution.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES - TEACHING METHODS:

PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

Activity Student’s effort
Lectures26 hours
Practical Exercises13 hours
Unguided Study48 hours
Preparation for final Assessment30 hours
Total student effort100 hours

ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

The assessment process is conducted in Greek (there is the pos-sibility of examination in English for Erasmus students). The final grade of the course is formed by a series of tests that include:

I. LECTURES (40%)

  • Oral exam and/or
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions and Multiple Choice Test

II. PRACTICE EXERCISES (60%)

  • Microscopic identification-description of rocks and interpretation of their formation processes and environments.
  • Oral exam

RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Text in Greek

  • Kati Μ. (2023). Petrogenesis of Sedimentary Rocks (Lecture notes, in Greek)

Suggested Bibliography

  • Boggs, S.Jr. (2009). Petrology of sedimentary rocks (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 600 pp.
  • Burley, S.D. & Worden, R.H. (2003). Sandstone diagenesis: Recent and Ancient. Reprint Series Vol. 4 of the IAS. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 649 pp.
  • Chamley, H., 1989, Clay Sedimentology: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 623 pp.
  • Flügel, E. (2004). Microfacies analysis of carbonate rocks: Analysis, Interpretation and Applications. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 976 pp.
  • Hibbard, M.J. (1995). Petrography to Petrogenesis. Prentice-Hall, Inc., NJ, 587pp.
  • James, N.P. & Jones, B. (2016). The origin of carbonate sedimentary rocks. John Wiley and Sons Ltd, UK, 446 pp.
  • Moore, C.H. & Wade, W.J. (2013). Carbonate Reservoirs- Porosity and Diagenesis in a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 374 pp.
  • O’Brien, N. R. and Slatt, R.M. (1990). Argillageous Rock Atlas: Springer-Verlag, New York,
  • Pettijohn, F.J., Potter, P.E. & Siever, R. (1987). Sand and Sandstone (2nd edition). Springer-Verlag,  New York, 618 p.
  • Potter, P.E., Maynard, J. B. and Depetris, P. J. (2005). Mud and Mudstones. Springer-Verlag, 297 pp.
  • Scholle, P.A. & Umber-Scholle, D.S. (2003). A color guide to the Petrography of Carbonate Rocks. Memoir 77, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OK., 474 pp.
  • Tucker, M.E. (1989). Techniques in Sedimentology. Blackwell Publications, Oxford, 394 pp.
  • Tucker, M.E. (2001). Sedimentary Petrology (3rd edition). Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, 262 pp.
  • Tucker, M. E. & Wright, V. P.  (1990). Carbonate Sedimentology. Blackwell Publ., Oxford, 482 pp.
  • Umber-Scholle, D.S., Scholle, P.A., Schieber J. & Raine R. (2014). A color guide to the Petrography of Sandstones, Siltstones, Shales and Associated Rocks. Memoir 109, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OK., 526 pp.
  • Velde, B. (1995). Origin and mineralogy of cJays. Springer-Verlag, 334 pp.
  • Warren, J.K. (2016). Evaporites-A Geological Compendium. 2nd Edition, Springer, 1831 pp.

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