Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Lviv National University named after I.Franko
Faculty of Geology
Department of Historical Geology and Paleontology
“APPROVED”
Leschuh R.Y., Dean
“ ____” ___________ 2003
Syllabus
Subject: SEDIMENTOLOGY
Specialty: 6.070700 “Geology”
Form of tuition: Fulltime
Year of education: 1
Semester: 1
Extract from Educational Curriculum
Lectures – 36 hrs; Practice – 18 hrs, Examination – 1 semester
Compiled by: Ivanina A.V., assistant professor at the department of historical geology and
paleontology.
Considered at the
Historical Geology and Paleontology
Department Meeting
Recommended by
Methodological Council
of the Faculty of Geology
“____”____________2003
“____” __________2003
Head of the Department
___________ R.Y.Leschuh
“____” __________2003
Head of the Methodological Council
___________ Pavlun M.M.
“_____” ____________2003.
Subject and brief contents
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1
Sedimentology as a science. Goal and task of sedimentary
Number of hours
Lectures
Practice
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
research. History of sedimentary research. Sedimentary
rocks, their structure and classification. Characteristics and
features of sedimentary rocks.
2
Textures, their structure and mechanism of formation.
Morphological and genetic classification of textures.
Characteristics of main types of pre-sedimentary, sin
sedimentary and post sedimentary non organogenic and
biogenic textures.
3
Formation of sedimentary rocks. Sedimentary cycle.
Characteristics of stages of sedimentogenesis and
diagenesis. Weathering, transportation, sedimentation.
Types of differentiation of sedimentary material.
Characteristics of different types of sedimentation. Equal
global sedimentations. General system of sedimentation of
the Earth.
4
Conditions for sediments accumulation. Definition of such
conditions, different approaches to their classification.
Characteristics of main contemporary conditions for
sedimentation.
5
Notion of “facies”. Features of facies. Geometry of facies.
Criteria for differentiation of facies. General characteristics
of continental, marine and transitional, marine to
continental, groups of facies.
6
Accumulation of sediments and tectonics. Character of
9
9
4
4
contacts and transition between layers. Recesses in
sedimentary accumulation. Formation of lateral and
vertical sequences of facies. Periods of formation of
sediments and its cycles. Sedimentary basins, and their
types. Characteristics of basins, rifts.
7
Sediments and history of the Earth. Comparative
distribution of main types of sedimentary rocks in
geological past. Evolution of sedimentation.