Study Programmes 2015-2016
GEOL0018-1  
Sedimentology and sedimantary petrology
Duration :
30h Th, 30h Pr
Number of credits :
Bachelor in geology5
Bachelor in geology5
Lecturer :
Frédéric Boulvain
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
Survey of the different families of sedimentary rocks and their constituents, with emphasis on the reconstruction of sedimentary environments.
Learning outcomes of the course :
To be able to describe and interpret sedimentary rocks and their depositional environment.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
GEOL0203-1 Processus sédimentaires
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Oral presentations with slides and video. Practical work is based on thin section examination with polarizing microscope. Different sedimentary rocks are described and interpreted.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face. See details on: http://www.ulg.ac.be/geolsed/page2.htm
Recommended or required readings :
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.
Assessment methods and criteria :
The oral examination starts with the description and interpretation of 4 thin sections followed by questions about sedimentary rocks and sedimentary environments.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
F. Boulvain Pétrologie sédimentaire, Bât. B20, 4000 Liège 1 (Sart Tilman) Tél. : 04/366.22.52 - e-mail : fboulvain@ulg.ac.be Secrétariat : Mme J. Schmetz, Tél. : 04/366.22.51 - e-mail : joelle.schmetz@ulg.ac.be
Details are available on http://www.ulg.ac.be/geolsed
Items online :
Sedimentary petrology
Introduction to sedimentology and sedimentary petrology.
Exercices of sedimentary petrology
Study of thin sections of sedimentary rocks.