Course Name Course ID Prerequisites
CARBONATES AND
EVAPORITES EPS321 EPS211
Time Table for Course Lectures
CARBONATES AND EVAPORITES (EPS 321)
Week Lecture Topic
1 Introduction and general outlines of the course
2 General characteristics and economic importance of carbonate rocks 3 Mineralogical composition of carbonate rocks
4 Textural composition and types of porosity of carbonate rocks 5 Folk's classification of carbonate rocks
6 Dunham's classification of carbonate rocks Discussion of student's projects
7 Midterm Exam.
8 Distribution of carbonate facies in the different environments 9 Diagenesis of carbonate rocks and effect on petrophysical properties 10 Dolomitization, types, conditions, evidences, and places
Discussion of student's projects
11 Isotopic composition of carbonate rocks, paleotemperature interpretation 12 Discussion of student's projects
13 Lagoonal evaporates, mineralogy, petrography and origin 14 mineralogy and mode of formationCoastal and inland sabkhas, 15 Final Exam.
Reference:
[1] An Introduction to Carbonate Sediments and. Rocks, by Scoffin, T.P., 1987.
Blackie, Glasgow and London.
CARBONATES AND EVAPORITES (EPS321) Time Table for Lab Work Course
Week Test Name
1 System of safety and working in the lab.
2 Optical properties of carbonate forming minerals
3 Identification of textural components of carbonate rocks 4 Identification and differentiation between binding material 5 Description of Folk's types of carbonate rocks
6 Description of Dunham's types of carbonate rocks 7
Midterm Exam.
8 Identification of porosity types in carbonate rocks 9 Study of diagenetic features in carbonate rocks 10 Training on writing reports of carbonate rocks 11 Identification of partial and complete dolomitization 12 Microscopic identification of evaporate minerals 13 Petrography of evaporites
14 Evaporite diagenesis 15 Final Exam.
References:
[1] Carbonate Diagenesis, by Tucker, M.E. and Bathurst, R.G., 1990.
Blackwell, Oxford.
[2] Carbonate Sedimentology (Reprint), by Tucker, M.E. and Wright, V.P., 1992.
Blackwell, Oxford.
