Geol.783     SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY                          (3 CH)

Classification of sedimentary rocks on the basis of textures, classification criteria, texture and fabric, petrography of common clastic rocks, grains classification, matrix textural maturity, recognition of cements and its types, sedimentary rock forming minerals, their fabric and modal analysis, compositional and textural classification systems of chemically precipitated rocks, petrography of carbonate rocks, chert, phosphatic and glauconitic rocks, ironstone, evaporites, organic rocks: coal and lignite, volcaniclastic and zeolitic sedimentary rocks, soils & mudrocks.

Books Recommended:

• Sedimentary petrology: an introduction to the origin of sedimentary rocks by Tucker, M.E., 2001. 3rd edition, Blackwell Science.
• A color atlas of carbonate sediments and rocks under the microscope by Adams, A. E. and MacKenzie, W. S., 1998. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
• Sedimentary petrology by Blatt, H., 1992. Freeman and Co., New York.
• Petrology of sedimentary rocks by Boggs, S., Jr., 2003. 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press.
• A color guide to the petrography of carbonate rocks: grains, textures, porosity, diagenesis by Scholle, P.A., Ulmer-Scholle, D.S., 2003. AAPG Mem. 77, Tulsa.
• A color illustrated guide to constituents, textures, cements and porosities of sandstones and associated rocks by Scholle, P.A., 1979. AAPG Mem. 28, Tulsa.