Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Kırıntılı çökel ortamları
	English	Clastic Depositional Environ.
Course Code	JDM 605E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	2	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Alı Mohammadı
Course Objectives		Understanding the control mechanisms that govern detritic sedimentary systems - Interpretation of depositional environments using facies models - Basinward correlation of sedimentary systems - Sequence stratigraphic applications
Course Description		Facies characteristics, facies model concepts, sedimentary environments. Fluvial, alluvial fan, fan-delta and deltaic systems, eolian, glacial, lacustrine, lagoonal and tidal flat depositional environments, beach, storm and tsunami deposits, shelf clastics. principles of sequence stratigraphy.
Course Outcomes		PhD students who take this course gain knowledge, skills and proficiency in the following subjects - Recognize the depositional environments of sedimentary units - Correlate units within a basin - Gain basic knowledge important for oil industry - Sequence stratigraphic applications
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Textbook		1. H.G. Reading, 2009. Sedimentary environments: Processes, facies and stratigraphy. Blackwell Pub. 2. Gary Nichols, 2013. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Wiley-Blackwell, 2nd edition.
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