Unit SEDIMENTARY PETROGRAPHY
- Course
- Geology for energy resources
- Study-unit Code
- 55A00030
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Simonetta Cirilli
- Teachers
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- Simonetta Cirilli
- Hours
- 52 ore - Simonetta Cirilli
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- GEO/02
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- Basic concepts and methodologies. Composition, classification, environmental and diagenetic interpretation of the sedimentary rocks. Diagenetic processes: causes and effects, types of textures. Porosity and permeability: relationships with textural parameters and diagenetic processes.
- Reference texts
- Tucker M.E.: Sedimentary Petrology. An Introduction, Blackwell Scientific Pubblications, Oxford, 1982.
Slides by the professor uploaded on the Ateneo web site: UNISTUDIUM
Adams A.E, Mackenzie W.S. & Guilford C.: Atlante delle rocce sedimentarie al microscopio. Zanichelli, Bologna 1988.
Sholle P.A.: Constituents, Textures, Cements and Porosity of Sandstones and associated rocks. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol., Memoir 28, Tulsa (Oklaoma), 1979.
Sholle P.A.: Carbonate Rocks Constituents, Textures, Cements and Porosity. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol., Memoir 27, Tulsa (Oklaoma), 1978. - Educational objectives
- It is one of the advised courses for students attending the Master Course of Geology for Energy Resources. It aims to improve the theoretical and practical knowledge on textural features and petrophysic property of the sedimentary rocks.
The main knowledge and skills that students will acquire are:
- specific knowledge of the sedimentary rocks
- ability to evaluate the textural properties of the sedimentary rocks
- ability to recognize the original depositional areas, from the available textural data
- ability to reconstruct the diagenetic history and to predict the variability of porosity and permeability trends.
- to link the acquired knowledge to the exploration of georesources - Prerequisites
- In order to be able to understand the main subjects and to apply the majority of the techniques described in the course the students must have:
- an essential knowledge of the fundamentals of geology
- a basic knowledge in sedimentary geology
- a basic knowledge of the rocks and in particular of the sedimentary rocks and sedimentary processes
- a basic knowledge on the classification schemes of the sedimentary rocks
- confidence in the field geology (in making geologic observations and interpretations)
This precondition is valid for attending and not attending students. - Teaching methods
- The course includes theoretical lessons and practical training. It is organized as follows:
- lectures on all the subjects of the courses
- practical excerices in the laboratory: analyses of the thin sections under microscopes an on the hand samples-
- seminars and working group - Other information
- The course is recommended to students that wish to improve their knowledge on the origin, textures and diagenetic evolution of sedimentary rocks. The acquired knowledge could be applied in all the fields of sedimentary geology and, in particular, for the textural and petrophysical characterization of sedimentary rocks as reservoir for hydrocarbon, water, and for the storage of Carbon Dioxide, Hydrogen and the sustainable elements related to renewable energy sources.
- Learning verification modality
- Oral exam, possibly integrated with written test
The exam consists of oral questions and practical recognignition of sedimentary rocks under microscope.
The exam aims:
- to ascertain the knowledge level and the understanding capability acquired by the students on theoretical and methodological contents listed in the program
- to verify the ability of the student to communicate with propriety of language.
- the ability to understand the problems and develop the solutions - Extended program
- Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks. Properties of sedimentary rocks. Grain size. Particle morphology. Grain size scales and conversion tables. Grain size nomenclature. Definition and characterization of texture parameters. A few statistical measures for use in sedimentary petrology. Mineral composition of sedimentary rocks. Clay minerals. Petrology of mudrocks. Mineralogical classification of sandstones. Textural classification. Description and nomenclature for terrigenous Sediments. Carbonate Minerals. Carbonate grains, allochems; most common typologies of skeletal grains; matrix; micrite and origin of micrite. Petrology of carbonate Rocks. Grain size scales for carbonate rocks. Classification of carbonate. Permeability and porosity. Primary and secondary porosity. Sorting, grain morphology and porosity. Chemistry of natural waters. Diagenesis: early and burial diagenesis. Dolomite; early and late dolomitization processes. Cements and cementation.