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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
GEOL0257-1  Marine sedimentology
Duration :  20h Th, 3d FW
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in oceanography, Research focus, 2nd yearToute l'année2
Holder(s) :  Frédéric Boulvain
Language :  French language
Course contents :  Study of marine sediments and sedimentary rocks, with emphasis on carbonates.
Course objective :  To give an overview of marine sediments. Exemples come from present day and ancient sediments.
Prerequisites :  scientific formation
Workshops :  Fieldtrips in various palaeoenvironments (from turbidites to reefs).
Organization :  Lectures are given in B20. Fieldtrips are organized in different localities from Belgium or France.
Written notes :  http://www.ulg.ac.be/geolsed/sedim/sedimentologie.htm

Boulvain, F., 2010. Pétrologie sédimentaire: des roches aux processus. Ellipses, Paris, 259 pp.
Assessment :  oral examination
Contacts :  Frédéric Boulvain
Pétrologie sédimentaire, B20, Sart Tilman, tél. 04-366.22.52 fboulvain@ulg.ac.be Secrétariat: M. Guadagnano, tél. 04-366.53.23 M.Guadagnano@ulg.ac.be
Remarks :  cf. Sedimentology and Geology of Belgium.

Items online :  
Sedimentology and sedimentary petrology
Description and interpretation of sediments and sedimentary rocks.


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