Semester: | 3rd |
Course Type: | Mandatory |
Course Code: | Y3202 |
eClass URL | ➽ |
Hours per Week | |
- Lecturing: | 3 |
- Practical/Lab Exersices: | 2 |
Total Hours of Fieldwork Exersice: | 8 |
ERASMUS: | ✔ |
ECTS: | 6 |
Teaching Units: | 5 |
Prerequisites: | - |
Expected Prior Knowlegde: | Υ2202 |
It is the basic course that deals with the origin, composition, chemistry, processes and environments of deposition and diagenesis of sedimentary rocks while accents their significant contribution to the understanding of the geological history of the Earth, and their great economic importance.
Introduction (Fundamentals of Sedimentary Petrology - Origin and kinds of sedimentary constituents – Sedimentary processes - Sedimentary environments - Plate-tectonic classification of sedimentary basins); Mineralogy and chemistry of sedimentary rocks – Geochemical classification of sedimentary environments; Weathering and Residual deposits (Soils, Laterites, Bauxites); Depositional processes and environments of sedimentary rocks; Diagenetic processes, products, and environments of sedimentary rocks; Sedimentary structures (groups, main types and their location, standard sequences of sedimentary structures); Petrophysical characteristics (porosity and permeability); Generalized genetic models – Tectonic settings; Siliciclastic rocks (Conglomerates and breccias, Sandstones, Mudstones and shales); Volcaniclastic deposits (Agglomerates and volcanic breccias, Lapillistones, Tuffs); Carbonate rocks (Limestones, Dolomites); Evaporites; Sedimentary iron deposits; Cherts; Phosphorites; Organic-rich deposits (Coals, Oil shales, and Petroleum).