Course Contents:
Texture of clastic sedimentary rocks, Sedimentary structures, their classification and hydrodynamic conditions, Paleocurrent analysis and provenance of clastic rocks, Sedimentary environments, facies and facies associations of Continental environments: rivers, lakes, glaciers, Deserts and wind. Transitional environments: Tidal flats, Delta, estuary, shoreline and interdeltaic complexes, Marine environments: Shelf, slope and deep marine. Diagenesis, porosity and permeability of clastic rocks.
Practical:
Hand specimen and petrographic study of clastic rocks; grain size analysis, recording, plotting and interpretation of data for paleocurrent analysis, Rose Diagram; field techniques for study of clastic sedimentary rocks.
Recommended books:

1. Sedimentary Environments and Facies by Reading, H. G. (1986). Blackwell Scientific Publications.
2. Ancient Sedimentary Environments by Selley, R. C. (1978). Chapman and Hall.
3. Origin of Sedimentary Rocks by Blatt, H., Middleton, G., & Murrey, R. (latest Ed.). Prentice Hall.
4. Depositional Sedimentary Environments by Renieck, H. E., & Singh, I. B. (1980). Springer-Verlag.
5. Sand and Sandstones by Pettijohn, F. J., Potter, P. E., & Sever, R. (latest Edition). Springer Verlag.
6. Principles of Sedimentology by Friedman, G. M., & Sanders, J. E. (1978). John Wiley and Sons.
7. Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks by Boggs Jr., S. (1992). Merril Publishing Co.
8. Sedimentary Rocks by Pettijohn, F. J. (latest Ed.). Harper and Row.
9. Depositional Systems, A Genetic Approach to Sedimentary Geology by Davis, R. A. Jr. (1983). Prentice-Hall.
10. Sedimentary Petrology, An Introduction by Tucker, M. E. (1981). Blackwell Scientific Publications Osney Mead.
11. Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Systems, Application to Petroleum, Coal and Uranium Exploration by Galloway, W. E., & Hobday, D. K. (1983). Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc.
12. A Practical Guide to the Study of Glacial Sediments by Evans, D. J. (2004). Oxford University Press.
13. Microfacies of carbonate rocks. Analysis, interpretation, and application by Flugel, E. (2004). Springer.