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This course extends knowledge of carbonate rocks provided by basic petrological lectures. Students will acquire skills usable in field (description and interpretation of sedimentary structures and diagenetic features, a. o.), and laboratory work (microscopy).
Last update: Trnka Radek, Ing., Ph.D. (14.04.2006)
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Bathurst, R.G.C. (1979): Carbonate sediments and their diagenesis. Elsevier, 658 pp. Flügel, E. (1982): Microfacies analysis of limestones. Springer, 633 pp. Flügel, E. (2004): Microfacies of carbonate rocks. Springer, 976 pp. Scholle, P.A.et al. (1983): Carbonate depositional environments. Mem. Am. Ass. petrol. Geol 33, 708 pp. Tucker, M.E.- Wright, V.P. (1994): Carbonate sedimentology. Blackwell, 482 pp. Wilson, J. L. (1975): Carbonate facies in geologic history. Springer, 471 pp.
Last update: Trnka Radek, Ing., Ph.D. (14.04.2006)
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1. Introduction - mineral and chemical composition, differencies from siliciclastic rocks, production and conservation of carbonate 2. rockforming constituents, structures of carbonate rocks, Folk´s and Dunham´s classifications 3. diagenesis (compaction, cementation, pressure solution, dolomitization, a. o.) 4. carbonate depositional environments and their specifics (continental carbonates - travertines, lacustrine; shallow seas - tidal flat, beach, reefs, slopes; deep seas - resedimented and pelagic carbonates) 5. carbonate microfacies (Wilson 1975, Flügel 1982, 2004) 6. carbonate rocks of Czech Republic 7. field course
course schedule: 8 two-hour lectures, field course exam: test Last update: Trnka Radek, Ing., Ph.D. (14.04.2006)
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