PřF:G8081k Sedimentology - Course Information
G8081k Sedimentology
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Tomáš Kumpan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Slavomír Nehyba, Dr. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Slavomír Nehyba, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Ing. Jana Pechmannová
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(N-GE)|| G3021k Petrography || G3021 Petrography
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 38 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The goal of the course is introduction into topic of sedimentary rocks, processes and depositional environments.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of this course, students should be able to know terminology of sedimentary geology and analyze basic sedimentary data.
- Syllabus
- Sedimentary Processes Transport and Deposition of Siliciclastic Sediments Sedimentary Textures Sedimentary Structures Composition, Classification of Siliciclastic Sediments Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks Other Chemical/Biochemical Sedimentary Rocks Diagenesis Facies, Facies Models Depositional Environments Principes of Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis
- Literature
- J.Hladil: Karbonátová sedimentární tělesa.- Brno 1996, Skripta PřF MU
- Leeder M.: Sedimentology and Sedimentary basins
- JONES, S. J. Introducing sedimentology. Edinburgh: Dunedin, 2015, x, 86. ISBN 9781780460178. info
- BOGGS, Sam. Principles of sedimentology and stratigraphy. Fifth edition, Pearson new i. Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education Limited, 2014, ii, 564. ISBN 9781292021287. info
- Developments in sedimentology deep-sea sediments. Edited by Heiko Hüneke - Thierry Mulder. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011, xiv, 849. ISBN 9780444530004. info
- BOGGS, Sam. Principles of sedimentology and stratigraphy. 2nd ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1995, xvii, 774. ISBN 0023117923. info
- MCLANE, Michael. Sedimentology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995, xiii, 423. ISBN 0195078683. info
- Techniques in sedimentology. Edited by Maurice Tucker. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1995, ix, 394 s. ISBN 0-632-01372-9. info
- KUKAL, Zdeněk. Základy sedimentologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1986, 466 s. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, Theory, group projects
- Assessment methods
- Teaching method: lectures. Written test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřeno v jarním semestru 2024/2025.
The course is taught: in blocks. - Teacher's information
- The prerequisite for the application for the exam is a credit. Credit is awarded on the basis of sufficient participation in seminars and successful elaboration of a protocol on the discussed issues.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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