MASC 652 MARINE SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PETROLOGY

Marine sedimentology and petrology involves the study of sedimentary materials in the marine environment. Students will be taught in areas such as Origin and types of marine sediments; Properties of sedimentary particles; Mineral composition of marine sediments; Deposition of sediments; Lithification and diagenesis; Marine sedimentary environments (littoral, delta, estuary, shelf, submarine and deep sea); The interrelationship between organisms and sediment; Techniques in practical sedimentology; Petrology of the oceanic crust; Petrology of siliciclastic rocks; and Petrology of sandstone, mudrocks and carbonate rocks.