20402393 - MICROFACIES ANALYSES

The aim of this specialist course is to provide the students with keys for the interpretation of time and depositional environments through the microfacies analysis of sedimentary rocks.

Curriculum

scheda docente | materiale didattico

Programma

Microfacies definition. Sampling techniques, sample preparations and instruments used for the microfacies analysis (4h).
Microfacies components: grains, matrix, cement (genesis and palaeoenvironmental interpretation) (4h).
Lithoclasts classification. Grain size and texture. Classifications of carbonate rocks (16h).
Examples of microfacies interpretation: qualitative and quantitative methods (applications of multivariate analysis) (6h).
Bioclasts classification: identification of the main taxonomic groups observed in thin sections (14h).
Geochemical analyses (stable isotopes, trace elements, Strontium isotopes) used for microfacies analysis (2h).
Use of the Gamma-ray analysis in microfacies analysis (2h).


Testi Adottati

Teacher handouts relating to the lessons

Bibliografia Di Riferimento

Flügel E., 2004. Microfacies of carbonate rocks. Analysis, Interpretation and Application. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 976 pp Adams A.E., McKenzie, W.S., Guildford, C., 1988 – Atlante delle Rocce Sedimentarie al Microscopio. Zanichelli, Bologna.

Modalità Frequenza

Attending the lessons is mandatory

Modalità Valutazione

The examination consists in an evaluation interview in order to assess the student acquired knowledge of the topics discussed during the lessons, starting from the microfacies interpretation of two thin sections under the steromicroscope.

scheda docente | materiale didattico

Programma

Microfacies definition. Sampling techniques, sample preparations and instruments used for the microfacies analysis (4h).
Microfacies components: grains, matrix, cement (genesis and palaeoenvironmental interpretation) (4h).
Lithoclasts classification. Grain size and texture. Classifications of carbonate rocks (16h).
Examples of microfacies interpretation: qualitative and quantitative methods (applications of multivariate analysis) (6h).
Bioclasts classification: identification of the main taxonomic groups observed in thin sections (14h).
Geochemical analyses (stable isotopes, trace elements, Strontium isotopes) used for microfacies analysis (2h).
Use of the Gamma-ray analysis in microfacies analysis (2h).


Testi Adottati

Teacher handouts relating to the lessons

Bibliografia Di Riferimento

Flügel E., 2004. Microfacies of carbonate rocks. Analysis, Interpretation and Application. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 976 pp Adams A.E., McKenzie, W.S., Guildford, C., 1988 – Atlante delle Rocce Sedimentarie al Microscopio. Zanichelli, Bologna.

Modalità Frequenza

Attending the lessons is mandatory

Modalità Valutazione

The examination consists in an evaluation interview in order to assess the student acquired knowledge of the topics discussed during the lessons, starting from the microfacies interpretation of two thin sections under the steromicroscope.

scheda docente | materiale didattico

Programma

Microfacies definition. Sampling techniques, sample preparations and instruments used for the microfacies analysis (4h).
Microfacies components: grains, matrix, cement (genesis and palaeoenvironmental interpretation) (4h).
Lithoclasts classification. Grain size and texture. Classifications of carbonate rocks (16h).
Examples of microfacies interpretation: qualitative and quantitative methods (applications of multivariate analysis) (6h).
Bioclasts classification: identification of the main taxonomic groups observed in thin sections (14h).
Geochemical analyses (stable isotopes, trace elements, Strontium isotopes) used for microfacies analysis (2h).
Use of the Gamma-ray analysis in microfacies analysis (2h).


Testi Adottati

Teacher handouts relating to the lessons

Bibliografia Di Riferimento

Flügel E., 2004. Microfacies of carbonate rocks. Analysis, Interpretation and Application. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 976 pp Adams A.E., McKenzie, W.S., Guildford, C., 1988 – Atlante delle Rocce Sedimentarie al Microscopio. Zanichelli, Bologna.

Modalità Frequenza

Attending the lessons is mandatory

Modalità Valutazione

The examination consists in an evaluation interview in order to assess the student acquired knowledge of the topics discussed during the lessons, starting from the microfacies interpretation of two thin sections under the steromicroscope.

scheda docente | materiale didattico

Programma

Microfacies definition. Sampling techniques, sample preparations and instruments used for the microfacies analysis (4h).
Microfacies components: grains, matrix, cement (genesis and palaeoenvironmental interpretation) (4h).
Lithoclasts classification. Grain size and texture. Classifications of carbonate rocks (16h).
Examples of microfacies interpretation: qualitative and quantitative methods (applications of multivariate analysis) (6h).
Bioclasts classification: identification of the main taxonomic groups observed in thin sections (14h).
Geochemical analyses (stable isotopes, trace elements, Strontium isotopes) used for microfacies analysis (2h).
Use of the Gamma-ray analysis in microfacies analysis (2h).


Testi Adottati

Teacher handouts relating to the lessons

Bibliografia Di Riferimento

Flügel E., 2004. Microfacies of carbonate rocks. Analysis, Interpretation and Application. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 976 pp Adams A.E., McKenzie, W.S., Guildford, C., 1988 – Atlante delle Rocce Sedimentarie al Microscopio. Zanichelli, Bologna.

Modalità Frequenza

Attending the lessons is mandatory

Modalità Valutazione

The examination consists in an evaluation interview in order to assess the student acquired knowledge of the topics discussed during the lessons, starting from the microfacies interpretation of two thin sections under the steromicroscope.