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.