Geology 60543
Carbonates

COURSE OBJECTIVE: An examination of the characteristics and histories of limestones, evaporites, cherts, and phosphates.
  1. AAPG Memoir 33 - Carbonate Depositional Environments
  2. Tucker, M. E., Sedimentary Petrology - An Introduction
  3. Wilson, J. L., Carbonate Facies in Geologic History
  4. Bathurst, R. G. C., Carbonate Sediments and Their Diagenesis
  5. Relevant chapters in Sedimentology Process and Product by M. R. Leeder
  6. Relevant chapters in Sedimentary Environments and Facies by H. G. Reading
  7. Scoffin, T. P. An Introduction to Carbonate Sediments and Rocks; Chapmanand Hall, 274 p.
  8. AAPG Memoir 27 Carbonate Rock Constituents, cements and porosities, 241 p.
  9. Tucker M.E. Editor. Techniques in Sedimentology, 394p.

GRADING SCALE:

90%+ = A
80-89.9% = B
<80% = Probation aka Termination

MY COMMITMENT: I will give you a thorough introduction into the magic world of carbonates and their friends. My judgement of your performance in this course will be fair but rigorous, comprehensive but compassionate. We will have fun.

YOUR COMMITMENT: Make the most of your assets.

 

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