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GEOL-F304
Micropaléontologie et microfaciès
Course teacher(s)
Xavier DEVLEESCHOUWER (Coordinator)ECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
french
Course content
Sedimentary model (basin, platform, ramp), origin of the biotic and abiotic components in the carbonate rocks. Classificiation of sedimentry rocks, stratigraphical and sedimentological interpretations from petrography (thin section analyses). Index microfossils. Reservoir facies and petroleum traps. Two fieldwork days in order to illustate the carbonate rock classification, the ramp and platform systems, and the paleozoic reefal sedimentation.
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
Recognition of invertabrate fossil fragments in rocks and thin sections,carbonate petrography. Palaeoenvironmental interpretation. Stratigraphic interpretation.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
Required and corequired courses
Teaching methods and learning activities
Transparencies and practical classes (microscopy)
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
- Horowitz, A.S. et P.E. Potter, 1971. Introductory Petrography of Fossils. - Springer Verlag : 1-302. (ISBN 3-540-05275-5) - Wilson, J.L., 1975. Carbonate Facies in Geologic History. - Springer Verlag, New York : 1-471. (ISBN 3-540-07236-5) - Jones R.W., 1996. Micropaleontology in Petroleum Exploration. - Oxford University Press, Oxford. (ISBN 0-19-854091-4)
Other information
Contacts
Alain Préat, 02-6502212, apreat@ulb.ac.be, bât D, 4è niveau, Bureau DB.4.158, Campus du Solbosch.
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Other
Other
Oral examination (50%) and study of two carbonate thin sections (50%)