ERSC 2P16 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Granular Material, Clastic Rock, Sedimentology
4 Aug 2015
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Clastic sedimentology: the study of sediment and sedimentary rocks that are made up of particles that are the solid products of weathering at or near the earth"s surface. Sand, mud (silt and clay), conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and shale. Purpose of the course: to introduce terminology and fundamental concepts for the description and interpretation of clastic sediment and sedimentary rocks. Sedimentary rocks make up only 7. 9% of the earth"s crust. 66% of the surface of the earth is covered by sediment or sedimentary rocks. They grow food on it, build structures on it, take resources from it. At the same time they: modify its physical and chemical properties so that it is no longer useable by them. Hide garbage and other waste material in it. It is important to understand the various properties of the sedimentary cover and have systematic methods for describing these properties.
