Sedimentology

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	541-0074/07
Abbreviation	S
Course title	Sedimentology
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Sedimentary textures – grain size (classification)
2. Sedimentary structures – stratification and bedforms (bedding, bedforms, cross-lamination, irregularstratification), bedding-plane markings
3. Continental environments: characteristic and type of sediments of aeolian deposits, alluvial fans, fluvial and floodplains, lakes, glacial
4. Marginal marine environments: beach, barrie risland, estuaria, lagoons, tidalflats
5. Marine environments: siliciclastic shelf, deep-water, carbonate and environments.
(in all environments characteristic of sedimentation, place of origin, nature of the sedimentary bodies)

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.

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