GA521 Sedimentary Rock Petrogenesis

Faculty of Science
Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Jindřich Štelcl, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr.
Prerequisites
! GA520 Petrogeneze sedimentárních hornin && ! GA521k Sedimentary Rock Petrogenesis
Course G4021
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Petrogenesis of main types of sedimentary rocks: Gravels, conglomerates and breccias.
Sand and sandstones.
Fine-grained clastic sediments (mudstones).
Carbonate rocks.
Other sedimentary rocks: cherts, phosphatic sediments, iron and manganese-rich sedimentary rocks, organic carbon-rich sedimentary rocks.
Syllabus
  • Petrogenesis of main types of sedimentary rocks:
  • Gravels, conglomerates and breccias (orthoconglomerates, paraconglomerates), intraformational conglomerates; volcaniclastic coarse-grained sediments. Conglomerates -origin, composition and provenance.
  • Sand and sandstones. Primary and secondary textures and structures. Classification of sandstones, sediment maturity. Interpretive petrology of sedimentation areas. Diagenesis of sandstones. Genetical models of sandstones (quartz sandstones, arkoses, graywackes, graywacke-sandstones, volcaniclastic sandstones).
  • Fine-grained clastic sediments (mudstones). Mineral and chemical composition of clay sediments, textures and structures. Basic types of mudstones (residual clay sediments, redeposited clay sediments - continental, marine and hybrid forms). Petrogenesis of siltstones.
  • Carbonate rocks. Composition of rock-forming carbonate minerals, textures and structures. Depositional environments and limestones. Carbonate diagenesis. Genetical classification of the limestones. Dolomite and dolomitization.
  • Other sedimentary rocks: cherts (classification, composition and origin), phosphatic sediments, iron and manganese-rich sedimentary rocks, organic carbon-rich sedimentary rocks.
Literature
  • BLATT, Harvey. Sedimentary petrology. 2nd ed. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1992, 514 s. ISBN 0-7167-2273-9. info
  • MCLANE, Michael. Sedimentology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995, xiii, 423. ISBN 0195078683. info
  • Selley, R. C. Applied sedimentology. London: Acad. Press, 1988.
  • Leeder, M. R. Sedimentology. Process and Product. London: G. Allen & Unwin, 1982.
  • PETTIJOHN, F. J., Paul Edwin POTTER and Raymond SIEVER. Sand and Sandstone. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1973, 618 s. ISBN 0387900713. info
  • LEEDER, M. R. Sedimentology and sedimentary basins : from turbulence to tectonics. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1999, xvi, 591. ISBN 0632049766. info
  • KUKAL, Zdeněk. Základy sedimentologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1986, 466 s. info
  • KUKAL, Zdeněk. Vývoj sedimentů Českého masívu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ústřední ústav geologický v Academii, 1985, 221 s. info
  • KUKAL, Zdeněk. Rychlost geologických procesů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1983, 280 s. info
Assessment methods
Credit: based on presence; examination: written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřeno v jarním semestru 2010/2011.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2007.