GLY 809
Advanced Sedimentary Petrology
2
Course Description
Petrology origin; composition; texture and classification of carbonates; evaporates; Cherts; phosphates; iron-rich rocks and manganese deposit.
Course Outline
Petrology origin; composition; texture and classification of carbonates; evaporates; Cherts; phosphates; iron-rich rocks and manganese deposit; Limestone diagenesis and dolomitisation; Textures; structures; mineralogy and chemical composition of terrigenous clastics; classification of sandstones; quartz types and origin; Relation of sandstone petrography to tectonics and sedimentation; diagenesis; Field and laboratory methods of study of sedimentary rocks x-ray analytical techniques