SEDIMENTOLOGIA
GEO/02 - 6 CFU - 1° Semester
Teaching Staff
AGATA DI STEFANOFRANCESCO SCIUTO
Learning Objectives
KNOW THE TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THE COURSE AND AUTONOMY IN RECOGNITION OF THE MAIN SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS AND RELATED SEDIMENTS
Detailed Course Content
- Topics and objectives of Sedimentology
- Composition, textures and structures of sediments
terrigenous sediments
Ruditi
arenites
Peliti
Sediments and carbonate rocks
sediment mixed
siliceous sediments
Other types of sedimentary rocks
Sedimentary Processes
Erosion and sedimentation transport by currents aqueous continental
Erosion and sediment transport by waves and marine currents
Erosion and sediment transport by wind
The turbidity currents
Deposits not particle (bioconstructions)
- Sedimentary structures
physical
chemical
Linked to the activity of organisms
Sedimentary environments, sediments and facies
marine environments
platform Sediments and facies
batial Sediments and facies
Rocks, sediments and reef facies
Transitional environments
Facies sediments and coastal systems
Sediments and facies of beach
Sediments and tidal flat facies
Sediments and facies of barrier Island
Sediments and deltaic facies system
continental environments
Sediments and facies of the alluvial system
Sediments and facies of glacial system
Sediments and facies of the desert system (wind)
Sediments and facies of the lake system
Textbook Information
Ricci-Lucchi Sedimentologia
Gnaccolini Sedimenti, processi ed ambienti sedimentari
Ricci Lucchi Sedimentografia atlante fotografico
Bosellini Introduzione allo studio delle rocce carbonatiche
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