Academic Catalog

MASC586 MARINE SEDIMENTOLOGY

Course Code:	9500586
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	8.0
Department:	Graduate School Of Marine Sciences
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Graduate
Course Coordinator:	Assist.Prof.Dr DEVRÝM TEZCAN
Offered Semester:	Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Marine processes of erosion. transportation and deposition. composition. single-grain. texture and structural relationship of sediments. Consolidation of the water-sediment gas system; diagenesis. Sedimentary environment; examples of sedimentological problems relevant to coastal and seafloor engineering.