GA521 Sedimentary Rock Petrogenesis

Faculty of Science
Spring 2003
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). 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. RNDr. Jindřich Štelcl, CSc.
Prerequisites
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.
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 (in Czech)
Výuka založena na přednáškách k jednotlivým tématickým blokům. Zápočet probíhá formou testu, v němž posluchači doplňují, popř. vybírají správné odpovědi z několika nabízených variant.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2007.
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