SUBJECT
Title
Facies analysis of carbonates
Type of instruction
practical
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2
Recommended in
Semester 2
Typically offered in
Spring semester
Course description
- Components of limestone
- Specifics of fossils in thin sections, diagnostic criteria of skeletons, environmental controls
- Classifications of microfacies, carbonate platform types, depositional environments
- Typical microfacies from tidal flat, inner platform, oolite shoal, reefs, slope, basin
- Case studies
- Limestone, chert, dolomite samples – diagnostic criteria of depositional environments
Readings
Flügel, E. (2010). Microfacies of carbonate rocks. 2nd edition, Springer, Berlin, 984 p.