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Sedimentology

These links and readings are provided to support the Sedimentology module at the University of Derby, and are in addition to the classes, and the course and practical notes available from the University of Derby web site. It is not necessarily given in exactly the same order as in the course.

Textbook references are to:

TUCKER, M.E. 2001. Sedimentary Petrology: an introduction to the origin of sedimentary rocks. 3rd edition. Blackwell Scientific Publications.

WALKER, R.G. & JAMES, N.P. 1992. Facies Models: Response to Sea Level Change. Geological Association of Canada.

Topic		Carbonate Petrology
Reading		Tucker, chapter 4, sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
Online lectures, tutorials & reading		Virtual Lecture on Carbonate petrography and classification (not currently available) Carbonates: Petrography Carbonate allochems (grains) UKESCC courseware: open Basic Petrography - from Main Menu select Sedimentary Rocks - Folk Classification Scheme - work through this section
Images		calcite in thin section calcite thin sections stained thin section stained thin sections nummulites porosity in nummulite limestone nummulite porosity 2 cathodoluminescence images brachiopod shell and cements zoned calcite cement dolomite carbonates in scanned cathodoluminescence Limestone Petrology Photomicrograph Gallery
Video, audio		SCHOLLE, P.A. 1982 Carbonate Petrography video. American Association of Petroleum Geologists. R552.5 SCH
Quizzes and tests		carbonate organism images quiz

 

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