Learning objectives
At the end of the course, it is expected that the student will be able to:
- know the basic processes and environment of carbonate sediment production
- describe and classify the main carbonate rocks through analysis of micro- and macrofacies
- have basic knowledge of carbonate diagenesis
- know the palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic meaning of carbonate rocks
Prerequisites
Attendance of the following courses:
Introduction to Earth Sciences
Chemistry
Mineralogy
Petrography
Paleontology
Sedimentology
Course unit content
The Carbonate Sedimentology and Petrography course aims to provide the students with basic knowledge of genetic and applied aspects of carbonate rock and of their meaning for understanding the mechanisms controlling climate and environmental changes of Earth system.
Full programme
-Mineralogy and geochemistry of carbonates
-Carbonate rocks and the carbon cycle
-Carbonate sediment production: the carbonate factories
-Carbonate Micro- and macrofacies
-Continental and marine carbonate environments and depositional systems
-Classification of carbonate rocks
-Carbonate diagenesis
-Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic proxies
-Applicative aspects
Bibliography
Didactic material (slide, scientific articles) made available on the web
Suggested textbooks
A. Bosellini
Introduzione allo studio delle rocce carbonatiche
Bovolenta Editore
N.P. James & B. Jones
Origin of Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks
Wiley Ed.
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures with multimedia tools, practical application of concepts through individual and group exercises in the classroom and (possibly) on the field
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination and /or written report on lesson arguments and/or on scientific papers
Other information
Information on the content of the course (see below) are associated with the relative "Dublin Indicators" (DI) that characterize their purposes.
Dublin Indicators:
- Knowledge and understanding;
- Applying knowledge and understanding;
- Making judgements;
- Communication skills;
- Learning skills.
