Analysis of sedimentary basins I

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Course ID:	1300-OBS4C
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.304 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Analysis of sedimentary basins I
Name in Polish:	Analiza basenów sedymentacyjnych I
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	The student is familiar with basic information about sedimentary rocks and their depositional environments. Basic knowledge about the history of Earth and tectonics of lithospheric plates is also required.
Short description:	Terminology of modern and fossil sedimentary basins is introduced. Basic marine and terrestrial depositional systems are characterised.
Full description:	Classes The classes are focused on facies analysis and reconstruction of depositional systems of carbonate and clastic sediments in various sedimentary environments. Elements of sequence stratigraphy and reconstructions of sediments diagenesis based on geochemical analyses are also introduced. The classes include also modelling of depositional processes taking place in sedimentary basins with the use of computer modelling, based on the variability of such parameters as: subsidence rate, input of clastic material, sea level fluctuations and carbonate production.
Learning outcomes:	Classes The student draws litofacial-bathymetric cross-cuts based on presented lithological profiles. He reconstructs the depositional history of the basin and identifies the causes of facial changes, taking into account tectonic and eustatic phenomena. The student interprets oxygen and carbon isotopic values in terms of the depositional environment of the sediments and their diagenesis. He performs the modelling of depositional processes in the sedimentary basin with the use of a computer programme basing on the variability of basic controlling parameters.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Classes - grading based on evaluation of written materials prepared individually during the classes.
Practical placement:	(in Polish) brak

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