EASC 627: Carbonate Depositional Systems
Description:
Focuses on the modern and ancient carbonate depositional system, including platform geometry, grain types, diagenesis, porosity development, climatic influence, and eustatic influence. Petrology of outcrops, cores, and thin sections will be discussed and applied to characterization of carbonate systems in the subsurface. Presents a combination of academic theory and practical applications used in the petroleum industry, especially in directed study exercises. Mandatory weekend field trip to classic carbonate outcrops in western Canada.
Prerequisite:
Permission of instructor.