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Undergraduate Course: Carbonates (EASC10060)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaEarth Science Other subject areaEnvironmental Courses
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe course will consist of lectures, suggested reading and discussion sessions. The following topics will be covered:

a) Controls on carbonate depositional processes; the roles of chemistry and biology.
b) Cool-water, tropical, and pelagic carbonate systems; diversity of depositional geometries.
c) Carbonate sequence stratigraphy; uses and abuses.
d) Diagenesis and the evolution of porosity and permeability; reconstructing subsurface processes in carbonates; dolomitization.
e) The evolution of carbonate systems over the last 4 billion years.
f) The role of carbonates in the carbon cycle.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Sedimentology (EASC09037)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
King's BuildingsLecture3-7 09:00 - 12:00
First Class First class information not currently available
Additional information 5 half-day sessions in Semester 2. This will include individual background reading and preparation for the presentation of seminars on industrial case studies and practical laboratory sessions.
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
This course will introduce students to the unique aspects of carbonates as both sedimentary and biological phenomena and they will develop a detailed knowledge of the principal features of carbonate systems. They will gain a critical understanding of the diverse diagenetic processes found in these highly reactive systems and we will explore how these systems have evolved over geological time. Students will explore how these systems produce unique stratigraphies, particularly the application of sequence stratigraphy. The changing role of carbonate formation and burial in the regulation of global cycles will be discussed. The requisite reading will ensure that learning is informed by forefront developments in this field. Formal presentation skills to informed audiences will be practised in the lecture series. In the assessed seminar and associated essay students are expected to offer professional level interpretations and critically identify the major/ current issues in a selected, specialised field.
Assessment Information
Continuous assessment - 50% Essay, 50% Presentation.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsCarbonate sedimentology; Diagenesis; Sequence Stratigraphy; Evolution
Contacts
Course organiserDr Rachel Wood
Tel: (0131 6)50 6014
Email: Rachel.Wood@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Emma Latto
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: emma.latto@ed.ac.uk
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