Maria Giuditta Fellin: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2017 |
Name | Dr. Maria Giuditta Fellin |
Address | Inst. für Geochemie und Petrologie ETH Zürich, NW D 76.1 Clausiusstrasse 25 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
Telephone | +41 44 632 89 07 |
Fax | +41 44 632 11 79 |
giuditta.fellin@erdw.ethz.ch | |
Department | Earth Sciences |
Relationship | Lecturer |
Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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651-4113-00L | Sedimentary Petrography and Microscopy | 2 credits | 2G | V. Picotti, M. G. Fellin | |
Abstract | Microscopy of carbonate (1st half of semester) and sliciclastic rocks (2nd half) rocks as well as siliceous, phosphatic and evaporitic sediements. | ||||
Objective | Description of grains and cement/matrix, texture, classification of the main sedimentary rocks. Discussion and interpretation of the environment of sedimentation. Diagenetic Processes. | ||||
Content | Microscopy of carbonate and siliciclastic rocks, siliceous and phosphatic rocks, their origin and classification. Diagenesis. | ||||
Lecture notes | English textbooks recommended | ||||
Literature | Tucker, M.E. (2001): Sedimentary Petrology-An introduction to the Origin of Sedimentary Rocks, 3rd Editition. Blackwell Science Ltd., Oxford, 262 p. | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | The earlier attendance of other MSc microscopy courses (e.g. magmatic and metamorphic rocks) is not required if during the BSc a general course on microscopy of rocks was completed. | ||||
651-4117-00L | Sediment Analysis | 3 credits | 2G | M. G. Fellin, A. Gilli, V. Picotti | |
Abstract | Theoretical background and application of some basic methods for sediment analysis. | ||||
Objective | The main goal is to learn how to apply the analysis of the texture and grain-size of sediments to constrain the sedimentary processes and environments. | ||||
Content | A one-day fieldtrip to a local outcrop to learn how to describe sediments in the field and to collect samples for grain-size and compositional analysis. Application of the same analytical techniques on samples of unknown origin: the sampling sites will be revealed at the end of the course. Discussion of the theoretical background and of the results in class. At the end of the course, the student will have to hand in a report with the presentation and discussion of all the data produced during the course. | ||||
Lecture notes | For the various analytical methods English texts will be provided in class. | ||||
Literature | Introduction to clastic sedimentology. R.J. Cheel |