The course is devoted to the basics of environmental sedimentology. Students will learn the basic principles of classification of sediments. A substantial part is devoted to an overview of individual sedimentation environments and genetic types of sediments. It includes the stratigraphic significance of sediments.
Literature
BOGGS, S.: Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (4th ed.), 2006, Pearson Prentice Hall - Pearson Education.
PERRY, C., K. TAYLOR: Environmental Sedimentology - Blackwell Publishing, 2007,1-447. Oxford
SELLEY R.C.: Applied Sedimentology. 2000, 1-520. Academic Press
JAMES N.P., JONES B.: Origin of Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks. American Geophysical Union, 2015, 464 s.
Advised literature
NICHOLS, G.: Stratigraphy and Sedimentology. – Blackwell Publishing, 1999, 1-355. Oxford
TURCKER M.U.: Sedimentary Rocks ind the Field. Wiley New York, 1993, 1-153.
YU X., LI S., LI S.: Clastic Hydrocarbon Reservoir Sedimentology. Springer, 712 s.
LEWIS D.W., McCONCHIE D.M.: Practical Sedimentology. Springer, 1994, 217s.