COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Economic Geology
Economic Geology

Course Objective

The word sediment in its ordinary interpretation signifies solid material that has settled down from a state of suspension in a liquid. In geological usage, however, it is also employed for many materials which have not settled from suspension in water, such as residual deposits, autochthonous accumulations of organic debris, chemical precipitates and materials deposited through glacial and aeolian agencies. Many sediments both modern and ancient, contain a considerable proportion of volcanic ash, which has been trasported and deposited by the ordinary agencies affecting clastic material. Thus there are fluviatile, lacustrrine, and marine sediments which are made up largely of pyroclastic ingredients. At present the science of sedimentary petrography remains in the descriptive stage of its evolutionary path and the course content reflect this position. But there are welcome sign that the physical and chemical processes of sedimentation are about to be studied more intensively. The hydrodynamics and geochemistry of sediment accumalation are two major growing points in the subject. There is also a progressive, though still minor, increase in the use of advanced statistical procedures. The course also emphasizes the role that diagenesis plays in the origin of common sedimentary rock types, from carbonates to evaporites to siliciclastics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Greensmith, J. T., 1970 Petrology of sedimentary rocks, Thomas Murby and Co., 502 pp.
Mcllreath, I. A. and Morrow, D.W, 1990, Diagenesis, Geoscience Canada, Reprint Series 4, 338 pp.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course lectures, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend to both the lecture and seminar hours and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides the course lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session.
Lectures: Interactive lectures
Assignment: Homework prepared by the student

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Presentation: Presentation prepared by the student
Assignment: Assignment prepared by the student

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-2 and 3 will be evaluated via presentations and assignments given by the
students

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cahit.helvaci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

thuesday 10.00-11.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes