Undergraduate Catalog

PGEG 311 Sedimentary Petrology

Sedimentary Petrology is concerned with the origin of sediment and sedimentary rock. The course covers sedimentary processes, facies, and diagenesis. Emphasis is on petrographic analysis of microfacies and diagenesis and on carbonate reservoirs and source rocks. Students learn how to characterize reservoirs using limited subsurface information from petrographic thin sections and cores. The course includes a compulsory four-day local field trip.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

PGEG 220, PGEG 221

Offered

Fall