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EASC 446:Sedimentary Petrology

Credits: 
3

The purpose of this course is to give students a broad understanding of how sedimentary rocks form and how they evolve as they undergo burial. The course covers the following: origin, mineralogy and diagenesis of clastic and carbonate sedimentary rocks; quantitative analysis of sedimentary rocks; chemical and biochemical sedimentary rocks; interpretation of siliciclastic and carbonate sedimentary rocks.