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| GEOL0018-1 | Sedimentology and sedimantary petrology
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 30h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Frédéric Boulvain |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| Survey of the different families of sedimentary rocks and their constituents, with emphasis on the reconstruction of sedimentary environments. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To be able to describe and interpret sedimentary rocks and their depositional environment. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| GEOL0203-1 Processus sédimentaires |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Oral presentations with slides and video. Practical work is based on thin section examination with polarizing microscope. Different sedimentary rocks are described and interpreted. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face. See details on: http://www.ulg.ac.be/geolsed/page2.htm |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The slides will be available on My ULg after each lecture.
Syllabus: Eléments de sédimentologie et de pétrologie sédimentaire (F. Boulvain) : http://www.ulg.ac.be/geolsed/sedim/sedimentologie.htm
Textbooks :
- Boulvain, F., 2010. Pétrologie sédimentaire: des roches aux processus. Ellipses, Paris, 259 pp.
- 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.
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The oral examination starts with the description and interpretation of 4 thin sections followed by questions about sedimentary rocks and sedimentary environments. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| F. Boulvain
Pétrologie sédimentaire, Bât. B20, 4000 Liège 1 (Sart Tilman)
Tél. : 04/366.22.52 - e-mail : fboulvain@ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat : Mme M. Guadagnano, Tél. : 04/366.53.23 - e-mail : M.Guadagnano@ulg.ac.be Details are available on http://www.ulg.ac.be/geolsed |
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| Sedimentary petrology |
| Introduction to sedimentology and sedimentary petrology. |
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| Exercices of sedimentary petrology |
| Study of thin sections of sedimentary rocks. |
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