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Terminated in academic year 2009/2010

Sedimentology

Type of study -
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-0901/02
Abbreviation S
Course title Sedimentology
Credits 0
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Zdeněk Vašíček, DrSc.

Course aims

Knowledge and explanation how to recognise the common lithologies, textures and sedimentary structures, and how to record and measure these features.

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

EISELE, G. Sedimentary Basins: Evolution, Facies, and Sediment Budget. 2nd, Completely Rev. and Enl. ed. Berlin: Springer, 2000, xi, 1-792. ISBN 3-540-66193-x.
NICHOLS, G.: Stratigraphy and Sedimentology. – Blackwell Publishing, 1999, 1-355. Oxford
TUCKER M.: Sedimentary Rocks in the FIeld. 2nd ed. Chichester: Wiley, 1996, viii, 1-153. ISBN 0-471-96215-5. STOW, D. A. V.: Sedimentary Rocks in the Field. A Colour Guide. - Manson Publishing, 1-319
TURCKER, MAURICE E., V.WRIGHT a J. DICKINSON Carbonate Sedimentology. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1990, xiii, 1-482. ISBN 0-632-01472-5.