JDM 606E - Sediment Geochemistry

Course Objectives

1. Marine sediments: genetic components and classification
2. Physicochemical parameters of sedimentation
3. Carbonate system ve carbonate sediments
4. Sapropels: their depositional conditions and geochemistry.
5. Pollution of marine sediments

Course Description

Marine sediments: genetic components and classification. Mineralogical and chemical composition. Physicochemical properties and measurements (logging). Physicochemical parameters of sedimentation. Colloids and colloidal properties. Clay minerals in marine sediments: classification, genesis, and properties. Sedimentary organic matter. Early sediment diagenesis. Early diagenetic reactions in pore waters and dissolved material fluxes. Carbonate system ve carbonate sediments. Sapropels: their depositional conditions and geochemistry. Pollution of marine sediments