Duration
15h Th, 15h Pr, 2d FW
Number of credits
| Bachelor in geology | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Study of the sedimentary part of the geological cycle.
- Weathering
- Transport
- Deposition
- Post-sedimentary evolution.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Introduction to sedimentary petrology. The student has to be able to identify the different sedimentary process. A special attention is given to the recognition of sedimentary structures.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
General geology.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures with slides, movies and rock samples.Description and interpretation of different types of sedimentary structures based on rock samples. Fieldtrips: karstic morphologies and littoral sedimentation.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face and online lecture notes.
Recommended or required readings
The slides will be available on My ULg after each lecture.
Lecture notes: http://www.geolsed.ulg.ac.be/processus/processus.htm
"Une introduction aux processus sédimentaires"
Textbook: Boulvain, F., 2010. Pétrologie sédimentaire: des roches aux processus. Ellipses, Paris, 259 pp.
Assessment methods and criteria
oral examination
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Prof. F. Boulvain
Pétrologie sédimentaire, Bât. B20, 4000 Liège 1 (Sart Tilman)
Tél. : 04/366.22.52 - e-mail : fboulvain@uliege.be
Assistante: A-C. Da Silva ac.dasilva@uliege.be
Secrétariat : Mme J. Schmetz, Tél. : 04/366.22.51 - joelle.schmetz@uliege.be
Items online
sedimentary process
introduction to sedimentary process