316. Carbonate Sedimentology.

Carbonate Sedimentology is an advanced course that examines carbonate

sedimentology and depositional environments. The course includes

field trips to several classic localities in the country. The course focuses

on the temporal and spatial makeup and controls on mineralogy and

constituent composition of sedimentary carbonates, and introduces

students to carbonate facies, carbonate platform models, sequence

stratigraphy, carbonate cycles, orbital (Milankovitch climate) forcing

and porosity in carbonates as well as field and lab methods. It will provide an understanding of why no other rock type is as economically

important as carbonates, major reservoirs for petroleum, base

metals and potable water. Prerequisite: Geology 103.