651-4043-00L Sedimentology II: Biological and Chemical Processes in Lacustrine and Marine Systems
| Semester | Autumn Semester 2022 |
| Lecturers | V. Picotti, A. Gilli, I. Hernández Almeida, H. Stoll |
| Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Comment | Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSc-course "Sedimentology I" (651-4041-00L). |
| 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. |