|
|
| JLJ3017 | Sedimentology | 3+0+1 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures and 1 hour of laboratory per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Merve ÖZYURT | | Co-Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Merve Özyurt | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Intends to teach the students the processes that lead to the formation of sedimentary rocks, fluid entrainment, and transport of sedimentary particles and solutions, gravitational settling or sedimentation, chemical and biological precipitation and various chemical and physical processes operating below the surface of the earth that modify sedimentary materials. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | evaluate and explain the sedimentary processes | 2,3,4 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | describe and classify the sedimentary rocks | 2,3,4 | 1,4, | | LO - 3 : | recognize, explain, and interpretate the sedimentary structrues | 2,3,4 | 1,4 | | LO - 4 : | recognize, explain, and interpretate the sedimentary sedimentary environments and facies | 2,3,4 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | recognize, classify, and correlate the sedimentary basins | 2,3,4 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Weathering; Transporting and deposition of the sediments; Physical properties of sediments; Sedimentary structures; Silisiclastic sedimentary rocks: Conglomerates, sandstones and mudstones; Diagenesis of silisiclastic rocks; Limestones; Carbonate diagenesis; Dolomites; Other chemical/biochemical and carbonaceous sedimentary rocks; Sedimentary environments: continental environments: alluvial fans, lakes, deserts, tidal flat, fluvial, marginal-marine environments: shore environments, deltas, marine environments: clastic and carbonate shelf deposits, reefs, flysh and turbidites, submarine fans, sedimentary basins. |
| |
| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Weathering and Soils: Introduction, Weathering Processes, Physical Weathering, Chemical Weathering, Products of Weathering, Soils. | | | Week 2 | Transport and Deposition of Siliciclastic Sediment: Introduction, Fundamentals of Fluid Flow, Reynolds Number, Particle Transport by Fluids. | | | Week 3 | Particle Transport by Sediment Gravity Flows, Turbidity Currents, Liquefied Flows, Grain Flows, Debris Flows and Mud Flows. | | | Week 4 | Siliciclastic Sedimentary Rocks: Introduction, Sandstones, Mineralogy, Mineral Cements, Chemical Composition, Classification of Sandstones, General Characteristics of Major Classes of Sandstones. | | | Week 5 | Diagenesis: Stages and Realms of Diagenesis, Major Diagenetic Processes.
Conglomerates: Particle Composition, Classification, Origin and Occurrence of Conglomerates. Shales: Composition, Classification, Origin and Occurrence of Shales.
| | | Week 6 | Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks: Introduction, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Limestone Texture, Carbonate Grains, Microcrystalline Calcite, Sparry Calcite, Classification of Limestones. | | | Week 7 | Carbonate Diagenesis: Regimes of Carbonate Diagenesis, Major Diagenetic Processes and Changes. | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Dolomites: The Origin of Dolomites and Dolomitization Models, Dedolomitization, Classification of Dolomite Textures. | | | Week 10 | Siliceous Sedimentary Rocks: Mineralogy and Texture, Classification and Occurrence, Origin of Cherts. Iron-bearing Sedimentary Rocks, Sedimentary Phosphorites: Composition of Phosphorites, Kinds of Phosphate Deposits, Origin of Phosphorites. | | | Week 11 | Sedimentary Structures: Introduction, Classification of Primary Sedimentary Structures, Stratification and Bedforms, Bedding-Plane Markings, Marking Generated by Erosion and Deposition, Markings Generated by Deformation. Paleocurrent Analysis. | | | Week 12 | Sedimentary Environments: Principles of Environmental Interpretation and Classification, Continental Environments, Eolian Desert Systems, Fluvial Systems, Lacustrine Systems. | | | Week 13 | Marginal-Marine Environments: Deltaic Systems, Beach and Barrier Island Systems, Tidal-Flat Systems.
| | | Week 14 | Marine Environments: Shelf Environments, Carbonate Shelf Environments, Organic Reefs, Oceanic (Deep-Water) Environment. | | | Week 15 |
End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Korkmaz, S.; Kırmacı, M. Z. 2016; Sedimantoloji Ders Notları/PPT sunumlar, KTÜ Trabzon | | | 2 | Sedimantoloji ve Stratigrafi Temel İlkeleri, Boggs, S. Jr. Çeviri: Muhittin Görmüş, Ankara Üniversitesi yayınları No:415, Yayın evi yayın no:13, Ankara | | | |
| 1 | Folk, R.L. 1974; Petrology of sedimentary rocks: Hemphill Austin, Texas, 182 p. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 9 | | 2 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 8 | 16 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 147 |
|