Specific competences:

GM4.1 Know the main sedimentary processes and environments and identify their products

GM4.5 Identify in hand specimen and by microscopy the main fossil groups and their context

GM4.7 Identify the main sedimentary rocks in hand specimen and by petrographic microscopy

GM4. 8 Observe in the field the most common fossils and sedimentary rocks and prepare the field notebook



Transversal competences:

CT2DG GO04 Ability to apply knowledge to practice

CT4D1 CT4D2 GO09 Oral and written communication in the native language

CT10 GO10 Motivation for quality and work well done



DESCRIPTION: The concept of Sedimentary Petrology is established as an integrated subject in the study of sedimentary rocks concerning the composition, texture, sedimentary genesis, diagenesis and alteration processes of siliciclastic, carbonate, evaporitic, siliceous, ferruginous, carbonaceous and phosphatic rocks.



OBJECTIVES: It is intended to train the student in the concepts of macro and microscopic description of sedimentary rocks, together with their classification and reconstruction of the diagenetic history, as well as the prescription of the industrial properties of the referred lithotypes.

1. Sedimentary petrology: concept, objectives and methodological synopsis

2. Petrography of siliciclastic rocks (rudites, sandstones and shales): textural and mineralogical analysis. Classification. Implications in relation to studies of detrital origin. Ornamental and constructive use.

3. Petrogenesis/diagenesis of siliciclastic rocks. Means, processes and diagenetic products.

4. Petrography of carbonate rocks (limestones and dolomites): textural analysis and constituent particles. Classification. Implications in relation to paleoenvironmental analysis. Ornamental and constructive use.

5. Petrogenesis/diagenesis of carbonate rocks. Diagenetic media, processes and products.

6. Petrography and petrogenesis/diagenesis of other types of sedimentary rocks: siliceous, evaporitic, phosphatic, ferruginous and carbonaceous.

7. Documented examples of sedimentary petrogenesis in formations of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin.

Theoretical lectures

Seminars Lectures

Optical Microscopy Laboratory

Field trips, writing of a field work and oral defense of the same.

EVALUATION METHODOLOGY:

1) Ordinary call:

- Field practices (team work): 10 %

- Laboratory practices (individual): 10 %

- Continuous partial evaluation (individual, by blocks): 10 %

- Final theory exam: 40 %

- Final laboratory exam: 30 %



2) Extraordinary call:

- Procedure analogous to the ordinary call, as long as a continuous evaluation has been carried out.



DISCLAIMERS: In order to pass the course as a whole, the grade achieved in each of the sections to be evaluated cannot be less than 4.



WAIVERS: Whenever a student has taken only one of the above evaluation sections, he/she will be fully included in the grading process and will be evaluated as failed if he/she does not pass any of these sections, it being understood that this will be the case whether he/she fails or does not take the course.



According to article 8.3, students will have the right to be evaluated through the final evaluation system, regardless of whether or not they have participated in the continuous evaluation system. To do so, students must submit in writing to the teacher responsible for the subject the waiver of continuous assessment, for which they will have a period of 9 weeks for four-month subjects.



And following article 12.2, in the case of continuous evaluation, if the weight of the final test is higher than 40% of the grade of the subject, it will be enough not to take the final test for the final grade of the subject to be not presented or not presented.



During the examination the "Protocol on academic ethics and prevention of dishonest or fraudulent practices in assessment tests and in academic work at the UPV / EHU" will be applied.



If any students cannot carry out the assessment in the terms described above due to sanitary conditions, they will have to follow the assessment guidelines issued by the Rectorate at the time of sitting the exam.

1. Hand and binocular magnifiers
2. Petrographic microscope
3. Collection of rock hand samples
4. Collection of rock thin films
5. Petrographic Atlas () (including teacher's editions).
6. General bibliography

Optional techniques:
a) Cathodoluminescence
b) SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy)
c) EDX (Qualitative Elemental Analysis)

Basic bibliography

Adams, A.E., MacKenzie, W.S. & Guildford, C. (1984): "Atlas of sedimentary rocks under the microscope". Logman, England. 104 pp.

Blatt, H. (1992): "Sedimentary Petrology" (2ª edición). University of Oklahoma. W.H. Freeman and Company, New York. 514 pp.

Boggs, J.R. (1992): "Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks". R. A. McConnin ed. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York. 707 pp.

Greensmith, J.T. (1989): "Petrology of the Sedimentary Rocks" (7ª edición). Chapman & Hall,

London. 262 pp.

Scholle, P.A. (1978): "A Color illustrated Guide to Constituents, Textures, Cements and Porosities of Sandstones and Associated Rocks". AAPG Memoir 28, 201 pp.

Scholle, P.A. & Ulmer-Scholle, D.S. (2003): "A Color Guide to the Petrography of Carbonate Rocks: Grains, Textures, Porosity, Diagenesis". AAPG Memoir 77, 474 pp.

Scoffin, T.P. (1987): "An Introduction to Carbonate Sediments and Rocks". Blackie. 274 pp.

Tucker, M.E. (2001): "Sedimentary Petrology" (3ª edición). Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford. 262 pp.

In-depth bibliography

Aubouin, J., Brousse, R. & Lehman, J.P. (1981): "Tratado de Geologia 1. Petrología". Ediciones Omega. 602 pp.
Busson, G. (ed) (1980): "Evaporite Deposits". Editions Technip, Paris. 266 pp.
Crossey, L.J. Loucks, R. & Totten, M.W. (1996): "Siliciclastic Diagenesis and Fluid Flow: Concepts and Applications". SEPM Special Publications N0. 55. 216 pp.
Flügel, E. (2006): "Microfacies Analysis of Limestones". Springer-Verlag . 633 pp.
Houseknecht, D.W. & Pittman, E.D. (1992): "Origin, Diagenesis and Petrophysics of Clay Minerals in Sandstones". SEPM Special Publications No. 47. 282 pp.
Moore, C.H. (1989): "Carbonate Diagenesis and Porosity". Developments in Sedimentology 46, Elsevier. 338 pp.
Pettijohn, F.J., Potter, P.E. & Siever, R. (1987): "Sand and Sandstone" (2ª edición). Springer-Verlag, New york. 553 pp.
Potter, P.E., Maynard, J.B. & Pryor, W.A. (1984): "Sedimentology of Shale (Study Guide and References Source)". Springer-Verlag, New York. 303 pp.
Tucker, M. (1988): "Techniques in Sedimentology". Blackwell Scientific Publication. 394 pp.
Tucker, M. & Bathurst, R. (1990): "Carbonate Diagenesis". Reprint Series, vol. 1 of I.A.S. Blackwell Scientific Publication. 312 pp.

Journals

Journal of Sedimentary Research
Sedimentology
Geogaceta
Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España