GA401 Sedimentary petrology (II)

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Kumpan, Ph.D. (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.
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:50 G1,01004, Wed 16:00–16:50 G1,01004
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 62 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/62, only registered: 0/62, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/62
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students will be able to identify the most important types of clastic, biogenic and bio / chemogenních sedimentary rocks, they will know their composition and will be able to interpret the mechanism of their formation and the environment.
Syllabus
  • Mechanisms and processes of sedimentation
  • Structure of sedimentary rocks and their bodies
  • Types of sedimentary rocks and their petrography
  • Sedimentary environments and facies
  • Methods of study of sediments
  • Systematic review
Literature
    required literature
  • TUCKER, Maurice E. Sedimentary rocks in the field. 3rd ed. Chichester: Wiley, 2003, ix, 234. ISBN 0470851236. info
  • KUKAL, Zdeněk. Základy sedimentologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1986, 466 s. info
    recommended literature
  • KUKAL, Zdeněk. Návod k pojmenování a klasifikaci sedimentů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ústřední ústav geologický, 1985, 80 s. URL info
    not specified
  • Microfacies of carbonate rocks : analysis, interpretation and application. Edited by Erik Flügel. Berlin: Springer, 2004, xix, 976. ISBN 354022016X. info
  • SCHOLLE, Peter A. and D. S. ULMER-SCHOLLE. A color guide to the petrography carbonate rocks : grains, textures, porosity, diagenesis. Tulsa, Okla.: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2003, xii, 474. ISBN 0891813586. info
  • COE, Angela L. The sedimentary record of sea-level change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, 287 s. ISBN 0521831113. info
  • ADAMS, A. E. and W. S. MACKENZIE. A colour atlas of carbonate sediments and rocks under the microscope. London: Manson publishing, 1998, 180 s. ISBN 1-874545-84-7. info
  • HLADIL, Jindřich. Karbonátová sedimentární tělesa. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1996, 99 s. ISBN 8021013214. info
Teaching methods
lectures, practicals
Assessment methods
Credit (written protocols from exercise), written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřen v podzimním semestru 2015/2016.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: (5 dnů).
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, autumn 2021, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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