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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
Stratigraphic and Sedimentological Geology
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Knowledge of basic concepts of paleontology (eg biostratigraphic units, main groups of organisms, such as benthic and planktonic foraminifera, radiolarians, corals, sponges and mollusks, especially rudists, etc.), stratigraphy (eg stratigraphic units, Walter's law and other principles of stratigraphy), sedimentology (concepts of facies and depositional environments, main types of deposits) and geology (eg Wilson's cycle and related processes)
Objectives Contents 1. Classification of carbonate rocks; 2. Classifications of carbonate platforms;
Extended Syllabus 1. Classification of carbonate rocks: nature and components of carbonate rocks; main classifications of carbonate rocks (Folk, Dunham, Embry and Klovan). This module is accompanied by the analysis of thin sections with the aim of applying the aforementioned classifications and recognizing the different types of components, facies and textures.
Recommended Bibliography 1. Carbonate rocks classification: Slides and additional literature material : Chapters 8 and 10 Flugel (2004); Embry and Klovan 1971; images and exercises on thin sections: www.carbonateworld.com .
Methods of Provision Teaching Methods The course is mainly carried out through lectures, integrated with individual and group exercises. During the course there are 2 excursions at the end of the course which have the purpose of conveying and testing the notions acquired during the course through their application to the outcrops.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The exam consists of an oral test, during which the student will have to demonstrate that he has understood the various topics covered during the course, through their application on the basis of questions that will tend to cross the concepts and notions provided for the different topics.
Contacts/More Information Reception hours: Thursday, 11.00 - 13.00. At the request of the students it is possible to organize meetings with the teacher for the in-depth study of the topics covered during the course. These meetings may be held during reception hours or also through other channels (e.g. email or other).grusciadelli@unich.it
