Duration
26h Th, 8h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in geology | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Study of the sedimentary part of the geological cycle.
- Weathering
- Transport
- Deposition
- Post-sedimentary evolution.
Then the Engineers and the geologists will have different teachings
-> Engineers will have a course on the the different families of sedimentary rocks and their constituents and on the main sedimentary environments (detrital, carbonates, etc.)
-> Geologists will have a course on basic Oceanography and Basic Climatology and their impact on sediment and will study sedimentary structures in more details.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Introduction to sedimentary petrology. The student (geologist/engineer geologist) has to be able to identify the different sedimentary process. A special attention is given to the recognition of sedimentary structures.
Enginneers should be able to classify sedimentary rocks, to identify, describe and interpret sedimentary rocks and the main sedimentary environments.
Geologists should have basics of sedimentology, oceanography and climatology and should be able to identify sedimentary structures.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
General geology.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures with slides, movies and rock samples.Description and interpretation of different types of sedimentary structures based on rock samples. We will also work with pictures to identify sedimentary processes.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Face-to-face and online lecture notes.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
The slides will be available on My ULg after each lecture.
Textbook :
- Boulvain, F., 2022. Pétrologie sédimentaire: des roches aux processus. Ellipses, Paris, https://www.editions-ellipses.fr/accueil/14550-petrologie-sedimentaire-des-roches-aux-processus-geologie-2e-edition-9782340073951.html
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Additional information:
oral examination.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
A.C. Da Silva & Hannes Claes
Pétrologie sédimentaire, Bât. B20, 4000 Liège 1 (Sart Tilman)
Tél. : 04/366.22.58 -
e-mail : ac.dasilva@uliege.be
e-mail: hannes.claes1@kuleuven.be
Assistante: Michiel Arts michiel.arts@uliege.be
Secrétariat : Mme J. Schmetz, Tél. : 04/366.22.51 - joelle.schmetz@uliege.be
Association of one or more MOOCs
Items online
sedimentary process
introduction to sedimentary process