Vincenzo Picotti: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2022

Name	Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Picotti
Address	Geologisches Institut ETH Zürich, NO E 51.2 Sonneggstrasse 5 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND
Telephone	+41 44 632 81 60
E-mail	vincenzo.picotti@eaps.ethz.ch
Department	Earth and Planetary Sciences
Relationship	Adjunct Professor

Number	Title	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
651-3070-AAL	Fundamentals of Geology Enrolment ONLY for MSc students with a decree declaring this course unit as an additional admission requirement. Any other students (e.g. incoming exchange students, doctoral students) CANNOT enrol for this course unit.	6 credits	13R	V. Picotti, W. Behr
Abstract
Learning objective
651-4041-00L	Sedimentology I: Physical Processes and Sedimentary Systems	3 credits	2G	V. Picotti
Abstract	Sediments preserved a record of past landscapes. This courses focuses on understanding the processes that modify sedimentary landscapes with time and how we can read this changes in the sedimentary record.
Learning objective	The students learn basic concepts of modern sedimentology and stratigraphy in the context of sequence stratigraphy and sea level change. They discuss the advantages and pitfalls of the method and look beyond. In particular we pay attention to introducing the importance of considering entire sediment routing systems and understanding their functionning.
Content	Details on the program will be handed out during the first lecture.
Literature	The sedimentary record of sea-level change Angela Coe, the Open University. Cambridge University Press
Prerequisites / Notice	The grading of students is based on in-class exercises and end-semester examination.
651-4043-00L	Sedimentology II: Biological and Chemical Processes in Lacustrine and Marine Systems Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSc-course "Sedimentology I" (651-4041-00L).	3 credits	2G	V. Picotti, A. Gilli, I. Hernández Almeida, H. Stoll
Abstract	The course will focus on biological amd chemical aspects of sedimentation in marine environments. Marine sedimentation will be traced from coast to deep-sea. The use of stable isotopes palaeoceanography will be discussed. Neritic, hemipelagic and pelagic sediments will be used as proxies for environmental change during times of major perturbations of climate and oceanography.
Learning objective	-You will understand chemistry and biology of the marine carbonate system -You will be able to relate carbonate mineralogy with facies and environmental conditions -You will be familiar with cool-water and warm-water carbonates -You will see carbonate and organic-carbon rich sediments as part of the global carbon cycle -You will be able to recognize links between climate and marine carbonate systems (e.g. acidification of oceans and reef growth) -You will be able to use geological archives as source of information on global change -You will have an overview of marine sedimentation through time
Content	-carbonates,: chemistry, mineralogy, biology -carbonate sedimentation from the shelf to the deep sea -carbonate facies -cool-water and warm-water carbonates -organic-carbon and black shales -C-cycle, carbonates, Corg : CO2 sources and sink -Carbonates: their geochemical proxies for environmental change: stable isotopes, Mg/Ca, Sr -marine sediments thorugh geological time -carbonates and evaporites -lacustrine carbonates -economic aspects of limestone
Lecture notes	no script. scientific articles will be distributed during the course
Literature	We will read and critically discuss scientific articles relevant for "biological and chemical processes in marine and lacustrine systems"
Prerequisites / Notice	The grading of students is based on in-class exercises and end-semester examination.
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.
Learning 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 Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSc-course "Sedimentology I" (651-4041-00L).	3 credits	2G	M. G. Fellin, A. Gilli, V. Picotti
Abstract	Theoretical background and application of some basic methods for sediment analysis.
Learning 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, Brock University
Prerequisites / Notice	Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSc-course "Sedimentology I" (651-4041-00L).