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Υ4206 - SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS AND PROCESSES

 

Semester:

4th

Course Type:

Υποχρεωτικό

Course Code:

Y4206

eClass URL

Hours per Week

- Lecturing:

3

- Practical/Lab Exersices:

2

Total Hours of Fieldwork Exersice:

15

ERASMUS:

 

ECTS:

6

Teaching Units:

5

Prerequisites:

-

Expected Prior Knowlegde:

-


Course Content

This course serves as an introductory foundation in the field of sedimentology. The curriculum encompasses the examination of classic and carbonate sedimentary sequences, as well as the analysis of contemporary sedimentary phases and sequences to discern the processes of deposition. Its primary objective is to facilitate comprehension and reconstruction of historical sedimentary environments.

Introduction - Basic concepts of sedimentology; Physical Sedimentology - Mechanisms of sediment transport - Basic types of deposition - Sediment classification; Sedimentary Structures; Sedimentary environments and sedimentary facies; Continental Sedimentary Environments (a) glacial, (b) aeolian, (c) alluvial, (d) fluvial and (e) lacustrine; Marginal marine/transitional sedimentary environments (a) deltas, (b) lagoons, (c) coastal marshes, (d) barrier islands, (e) tidal flats, and (f) estuaries/floodplains; Marine sedimentary environments (shelf environments, submarine fans and pelagic depositional environments); Volcaniclastic sedimentation; Carbonate sedimentation; Basic principles of Sequence Stratigraphy.


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