Undergraduate Course: Carbonates (EASC10060)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The 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.
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| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Sedimentology (EASC09037)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
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.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery 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. |
| Keywords | Carbonate sedimentology; Diagenesis; Sequence Stratigraphy; Evolution |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Rachel Wood
Tel: (0131 6)50 6014
Email: Rachel.Wood@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Katie Leith
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: Katie.Leith@ed.ac.uk |
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