COURSE CONTENT

SEDIMENTOLOGY / DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS

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1 - Definition of facies , facies associations, architectural elements and depositional systems

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2 - Depositional models - principles of conceptual modeling

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3 - Alluvial fan systems

3.1 - climate / tectonic morphology and context

3.2 - fan sedimentary processes: debris flow, sheetfloods , channeled flows

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4 - Glacial systems

4.1 - continental and marine glacial processes

4.2 - lodgement, melt-out and flow tilites

4.3 - facies of glacio-lacustrine lake, sabkhas

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5 - River systems

5.1 - river bottom and mixed load systems, anastomosed systems

5.2 - river architectural elements

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6 - Eolian systems

6.1 - particularities of the wind process, grainfal l, grainflow , phase diagram

6.2 - role of the phreatic level in the eolian sedimentary record, reactivation surfaces

6.3 - dune and interdune facies

 

7 - Delta systems

7.1 - delta sedimentary processes

7.2. - deltas dominated bysediment influx, waves, tides

 

8 - Lacustrine systems

8.1 - open and closed systems

8.2 - perennial and ephemeral lakes

8.3 - main facies

 

9 - Coastal to shallow marine systems

9.1 - river bypass and coastal bypass

9.2 - coastal morphologies

9.3 - regressive coastal systems

9.4 - transgressive coastal systems - barrier islands, types of estuaries

9.5 - continental shelf - sedimentary and facies processes

 

10 - Deepwater Settings

10.1 - types and morphologies of submarine fans

10.2 - debris and turbidites in rift lakes

10.3 - debris and turbidites in submarine fans