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Course Name	Turkish	Sedimantoloji
	English	Sedimentology
Course Code	JEO 355E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	2	2	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Gülsen Uçarkuş Gülsen Uçarkuş
Course Objectives		Main subjects are weathering and erosion, transportation, sedimentation and lithification. Under these headings following topics are covered: sediment classification, sedimentary structures and depositional environments, including glacier, desert, lake, river, alluvial fan, delta, coast, lagoon, tidal flat, shelf, continental slope and ocean.
Course Description		The course provides an integrated overview of the sciences of sedimentology and stratigraphy. To provide a comprehensive answer to the questions?What is the origin of a sedimentary rock? and "How can we reconstruct ancient sedimentary environments from the rock record"?. Main subjects are weathering and erosion, transportation, sedimentation and lithification. Under these headings following topics are covered: sediment classification, sedimentary structures and depositional environments, including glacier, desert, lake, river, alluvial fan, delta, coast, lagoon, tidal flat, shelf, continental slope and ocean.
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