GEY781: Carbonate Depositional System

Department of Geoscience
GEOL781: Carbonate Depositional Systems
Spring, 2008

Course Section: 001

Classroom Location: LFG 105

Dr. Ganqing Jiang

Office Location: LFG206

Email: jiangg@unlv.nevada.edu

Lectures: T-R: 10:00 - 11:15 am

Class website: http://faculty.unlv.edu/ganqing/GEY781/

Office hours: Thursday 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Class Syllabus

Class Schedule

Week	Day	Date	Topics	Notes and References	Project/Field trips
1	T	Jan-22	Introduction and discussion on syllabus	Lecture notes
1	Th	Jan-24	Carbonate particles, secretion mechanisms and carbonate classification	Lecture notes
2	T	Jan-29	Carbonate depositional systems: An overview	Lecture notes
2	Th	Jan-31	Carbonate depositional systems: Peritidal carbonates and cycles	Lecture notes
3	T	Feb-5	DISCUSSION: Carbonate cycles	Reading Assignment	Summary due next Tuesday, Feb. 12
3	Th	Feb-7	Carbonate Depositional System: Ramp and Rimmed shelf	Lecture notes
4	T	Feb-12	Carbonate Depositional System: From Shelf to Basin	Lecture notes
4	Th	Feb-14	Carbonate Depositional System: Reefs and Mounds	Lecture notes
5	T	Feb-19	DISCUSSION: Keep up, catch up, give up and the drowning of carbonate platforms	Reading Assignment	Summary due next Tuesday, Feb. 26
5	Th	Feb-21	Carbonate Depositional System: Lacustrine carbonates	Lecture notes	Discussion paper
6	T	Feb-26	Carbonate mineralogy and chemistry I	Lecture notes	Discussion paper for next lecture
6	Th	Feb-28	Carbonate mineralogy and chemistry II	Lecture notes
7	T	Mar-4	Marine carbonate diagenesis	Lecture notes
7	Th	Mar-6	Meteoric and Burial diagenesis	Lecture notes
8	T	Mar-11	Midterm Review	Review notes
8	Th	Mar-14	Midterm exam	10:00-11:15 am
10	T	Mar-25	Isotopes and trace elements	Lecture notes	Clumped isotopes 1 Clumped isotopes 2
10	Th	Mar-27	Isotopes and trace elements	No new slides	Paleozoic carbon isotope excursions
11	T	Apr-1	Isotopes and trace elements	Papers for Discussion III: Next Tuesday, April 8	Summary due Tuesday, April 15
11	Th	Apr-3	Isotopes and trace elements and project introduction	See handouts	Saturday, April 5, Field trip to East Pahranagat Range. Leave at 8:30 in front of LFG
12	T	Apr-8	Complete the isotopes from carbonates	No new slides	homework
12	Th	Apr-10	DISCUSSION: Interpreting the isotope record from carbonates	Diagrams may need in class
13	T	Apr-15	The dolomite problem	Lecture notes	Suggested reading
13	Th	Apr-17	Unusual carbonate deposits: Methane seeps and others	Lecture notes	Field trip this weekend
14	T	Apr-22	No class, draw stratigraphic columns	No class	A rough strat. column should be ready by this Thursday
14	Th	Apr-24	DISCUSSION: Interpreting the thermal history using diagenetic sequences	Papers for discussion	Summary due next Tuesday, April 29
15	T	Apr-29	Project questions	Bring your diagrams and questions
15	Th	May-1	Project questions	Bring your diagrams and questions
16	T-Th	May-6, 8	No class, working on project	Feel free to ask questions via. email or drop by my office	Project due 5:00 pm, Thursday, May 15