GEOE610 GEOLOGY OF CLAYS
| Course Code: |
5640610 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Geological Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. ASUMAN GÜNAL TÜRKMENOÐLU |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Soil clays in the geochemical cycle. A brief review of silicate hydrolysis. Geology of clays in continental sediments and marine sediment from point of view of environmental factors. Comparison of ancient and modern clay deposits. Clay mineral genesis by inheritance and transformation, neoformation, and diagenesis. Brief consideration of clay mineral synthesis, hydrothermal origin and low grade metamorphism of layer silicates.
