Duration
30h Th, 4h Labo.
Number of credits
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
- Introduction and weathering
- Erosion and transport
- Deposition, granulometry of sediments and sedimentary structures
- Post-sedimentary evolution
- Detrital sediments
- Continental and marine carbonates
- Bioconstructions
- Organic sediments, siliceous deposits
- Phosphorites and iron sediments
- Evaporites, volcanosedimentary deposits
- Sedimentary sequences.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
To acquire the basics of sedimentology and sedimentary petrology: understanding of sedimentary processes and interpretation of sedimentary rocks.
This course contributes to the learning outcomes I.1, I.3 of the MSc in geological and mining engineering.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
General geology.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures (in french) with slides (english), movies and rock samples.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face. Lectures in lecture rooms of buildings B18 or B20.
Recommended or required readings
The slides will be available on My ULg after each lecture.
Lecture notes:
Pétrologie sédimentaire: des roches aux processus. Ellipses, 2022, Paris, 283 pp.
Other reference textbooks:
- Tucker, M.E., 1991. Sedimentary petrology, Blackwell, 260 pp.
- Cojan, I. & Renard, M., 1999. Sédimentologie, Dunod, 418 pp.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Additional information:
Oral examination.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
F. Boulvain Pétrologie sédimentaire, Bât. B20, 4000 Liège 1 (Sart Tilman) Tél. : 04/366.22.52 - e-mail : fboulvain@uliege.be Secrétariat : Mme J. Schmetz, Tél. : 04/366.22.51 - e-mail : joelle.schmetz@uliege.be