GEOL 541
Carbonate Sedimentology

Credit:  4 hours.


Study of genesis and diagenesis of carbonate sediments covering: carbonate deposition, coordination of ultrastructural-petrographic properties and elemental-isotopic composition, nature and environments of diagenetic changes, and temporal trends in carbonates. Prerequisite: GEOL 420, GEOL 436 and GEOL 440; or equivalent, or consent of instructor.