Sedimentary Petrology

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Sedimentary Petrology

Code: 297108
ECTS: 5.0
Lecturers in charge: prof. dr. sc. Marijan Kovačić
doc. dr. sc. Frane Marković
Lecturers: Lectures:
prof. dr. sc. Marijan Kovačić
doc. dr. sc. Frane Marković

Practicum:
prof. dr. sc. Marijan Kovačić
doc. dr. sc. Frane Marković
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Load:

1. komponenta

Lecture typeTotal
Lectures 45
Practicum 45
* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)
Description:
Course objectives:
Acquaintance of students with the basic concepts, principles and applications of the petrology of sediments and sedimentary rocks.

Course content (syllabus):
1) Basic concepts and definitions in the petrology of sediments.
2) Formation processes of sediments and sedimentary rocks.
3) Sedimentary textures.
4) Sedimentary structures.
5) Modal composition of clastites.
6) Coarse-grained and medium-grained clastites.
7) Pelitic sediments.
8) Depositional environments of clastites.
9) Limestones.
10) Dolomites.
11) Depositional environments of carbonates.
12) Evaporites.
13) Cherts.
14) Pyroclastites.
15) Coal and oil shales
Literature:
  1. Petrologija Sedimenata (prijevod. G. Medunić), Tucker, M.E. (2008): Petrologija Sedimenata, AZP Grafis d.o.o., 262 str. (prijevod. G. Medunić), Tucker, M.E., AZP Grafis d.o.o., 2008.
  2. Sedimentne stijene, Tišljar, J. (1994): Sedimentne stijene, Školska knjiga, 422 str., Tišljar, J., Školska knjiga, 1994.
  3. Sedimentologija klastičnih i silicijskih taložina, Tišljar, J. (2004): Sedimentologija klastičnih i silicijskih taložina, Institut za geološka istraživanja, Zagreb, 426 str., Tišljar, J., Institut za geološka istraživanja, Zagreb, 2004.
  4. Sedimetary Petrology, Tucker, M.E., Jones, S.J. (2023): Sedimetary Petrology, Wiley & Sons Ltd, Croydon, 426 str., Tucker, M.E., Jones, S.J., Wiley & Sons Ltd, Croydon, 2023.
  5. Sedimentologija karbonata i evaporita, Tišljar, J. (2001): Sedimentologija karbonata i evaporita, Institut za geološka istraživanja, Zagreb, 375 str., Tišljar, J., Institut za geološka istraživanja, Zagreb, 2001.
Prerequisit for:
Enrollment :
Passed : General Paleontology
Passed : System of Mineralogy
Attended : Mineral Optics
4. semester
Mandatory course - Regular study - Geology
Consultations schedule:
  • For consultation hours, please contact the course lecturers.