Course: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

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Course title Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Course code KGE/XSES
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bábek Ondřej, prof. Mgr. Dr.
Course content
Introduction to sedimentology (scope, philosophy, history) - Basic concepts (sediment, facies, facies model, provenance, stratigraphy, cyclicity, carbonate/siliciclastic sediments) - Field and instrumental methods in sedimentology and stratigraphy (optical/CL/electron microscopy, EDX SEM, XRD, element/stable isotope geochemistry, outcrop/drill core data, seismic data, well-log data) - Origin and transport of solid sedimentary particles and dissolved species, basics of hydrodynamics, types of transport, modes of deposition - Sedimentary structures and mechanics of their origin - Sedimentary petrology (textures, classifications, grain properties, porosity, permeability, etc.) - Diagenesis - Facies models of siliciclastic and carbonate deposits - Introduction to stratigraphy and basic stratigraphic principles (superposition, cross-cutting, inclusion, horizontality, lateral continuity, age equivalence, biotic evolution and fossil record, uniformitarianism, etc.) - Lithostratigraphy (definition and units, lithostratigraphic correlation, outcrop/well data, remote sensing) - Biostratigraphy (definition and units, problems of application) - Event stratigraphy, Magnetostratigraphy, Chemostratigraphy, Cyclostratigraphy and astronomic cycles in depositional record - Sequence stratigraphy and geological record of sea-level changes - Chronostratigraphy, GSSPs, Geologic Time Scale

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Written exam, 80 % attendance at labs, PowerPoint presentation
Recommended literature
  • Catuneanu, O. (2011). Principles of Sequence Stratigraphy. Elsevier.
  • Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R. (1999). Unlocking the Stratigraphic Record. Wiley.
  • Hsu, K. (2003). Physics of Sedimentology. Springer, Berlin.
  • Leeder, M.R. (1982). Sedimentology, Process and Product. George Allen and Unwin, London.
  • Miall, A.D. (2016). Stratigraphy. Springer.


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