Chemical and Carbonate Sedimentology

Undergraduate

Genesis of Evaporites; petrography and cathodoluminescence of carbonate grains; skeletal structures and chemistry; recent carbonate environments; evolution of carbonate mounds; chemical theory of carbonate grains; textural, structural and chemical limestone diagenesis; dolomitization, silicification and pyritization of carbonate grains. Course Format: Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): ERSC 2P17 or ERSC 2P18; ERSC 2P21 or ERSC 2P23 or permission of the instructor Course Notes: This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term.