Geol.800 DIAGENESIS OF SEDIMENTS (3 C.H)
Diagenesis of sandstone: lithification, primary framework, primary bonds, stages of diagenesis, silica as agent in diagenesis, solubility of silica, silicification, diagenesis of coal (coalification), diagenesis of carbonates: compaction, lithification recrystallization and grain growth, internal sedimentation and filling, morphologic and genetic types of calcium carbonate, diagenesis and limestone classification; dolomites and dolomitization: primary dolomite, dolomitization, diagenetic versus epigenetic dolomitization.
Books recommended:- Developments in sedimentology, 25A, "Diagenesis in sediments and sedimentary rocks" edited by Larson, G. and Chilinger, G.V., 1979. Elsvier.
- Carbonate Diagenesis and Porosity (Developments in Sedimentology) by Moore, C.H., 1997.
- Carbonate sedimentology by Tucker, M.E. and Wright, V.P., 1990. Springer-Verlaag.
- Developments in sedimentology, 12, "Carbonate sediments and their diagenesis" by Bathurst, R.G.C., 1976. Elsevier.
- Carbonate Rocks I: Classifications-Dolomite-Dolomitization, Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol.
- Reprint Series No.4, Concepts and models of dolomitization edited by Zengor, D.H., Dunham, J.B. and Ethington, R.L., 1980. S.E.P.M. Special publication No.28.
- Carbonate cements edited by Schneidermann, N. and Harris, P.M., 1985. S.E.P.M. Special publication No.36.