Learning objectives
<br />The purpose of this course is to serve as an introduction to texture, mineral composition and origin of sandstones.<br />
Course unit content
<br />Mechanical and chemical weathering. Soil and new minerals formation. Types of sedimentary rocks. Transport and deposition of clastic costituents. Sands and sandstones: grain-size analyses; graphic presentation and interpretation of grain-size distribution; grain-form analysis; fabric analysis. Synthesis of data.<br /> <br />
Bibliography
<br />Blatt, H.,1992, -Sedimentary Petrology- W.H.<br />Freeman and Company; Friedman, G.M. and Kenneth,G.J.,1982, -Exercises in Sedimentology- John Wiley &Sons, Inc.; Tucker,M.E.,2003, -Sedimentary Rocks in the Field- John wiley & Sons Ltd.; Pettijohn,F.J.,Potter,P.E.and Siever,R., 1987, -Sand and Sandstone- Springer-Verlag, Berlin <br /> <br />