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GEOL0018-1

Sedimentology and sedimantary petrology

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Duration :30h Th, 30h Pr
Credits/ECTS :
1st "licence" geological sciences5
Holder(s) :Frédéric Boulvain
Course contents : Review of the different types of sedimentary rocks, with emphasis on the reconstruction of sedimentary environments.
Course objective : Description and palaeogeographical interpretation of sedimentary rocks.
Prerequisites : GEOL0202-1 Géologie fondamentale
GEOL0203-1 Processus sédimentaires
Workshops : Practical work is based on thin section examination and interpretation.
Organization : See : http://www.ulg.ac.be/geolsed/page2.htm
Written notes : Syllabus: Eléments de sédimentologie et de pétrologie sédimentaire (F. Boulvain) : http://www.ulg.ac.be/geolsed/sedim/sedimentologie.htm
Textbooks :
  • Tucker, M.E., 1991. Sedimentary petrology, Blackwell, 260 pp.
  • Cojan, I. & Renard, M., 1999. Sédimentologie, Dunod, 418 pp.
Practical work : Identification microscopique des principaux constituants des roches sédimentaires http://www.ulg.ac.be/geolsed/TP/TP.htm
Textbooks for practical work :
  • Adams, A.E. & MacKenzie, W.S., 1998. A colour atlas of carbonate sediments and rocks under the microscope, Manson Publishing, 180 pp.
  • Adams, A.E. & MacKenzie, W.S. & Guilford, C., 1994. Atlas des roches sédimentaires, Masson, 104 pp.
Assessment : Oral examination (theory and practize).
Contacts : F. Boulvain
U.R. Pétrologie sédimentaire, Bât. B20, 4000 Liège 1 (Sart Tilman)
Tél. : 04/366.22.52 - e-mail : fboulvain@ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat : Mme V. Miocque, Tél. : 04/366.22.51 - e-mail : V.Miocque@ulg.ac.be

Details are available on http://www.ulg.ac.be/geolsed

Items online :
sedimentology
introduction to sedimentology and sedimentary petrology




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Date of data : 27/02/2006
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