MASC 425 — Marine Sedimentology
Marine and Fisheries Sciences · University of Ghana
Sedimentary materials and their origin: Terrigenous clastic particles, sedimentary carbonates, silica, phosphates, organic matter, evaporites. Marine sedimentology and sedimentary petrology. Properties of sedimentary particles: Grain size, shape, surface and orientation. Analysis and classification of sediments and sedimentary rocks. Composition, textures and structures of sedimentary rocks. Lithification and diagenesis. Fossil fuels. Marine sedimentary environments: Tidal flats, deltas and lagoons, littoral, shelf and deep sea.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- FISH 414 — Fish Processing and Utilization
- FISH 417 — Fisheries Data Management
- FISH 418 — Current Research in Fisheries Acquaintance with current research in
- FISH 421 — Fisheries and Higher Vertebrate Interactions
- FISH 424 — Fish Trade and Marketing
- FISH 425 — Fish Stock Assessment
- FISH 426 — Fisheries Governance and Institutional Framework
- FISH 429 — Fisheries Economics
- MASC 402 — Marine Pollution
- MASC 411 — Marine Plankton Ecology
- MASC 412 — Marine Ecology
- MASC 413 — Marine Benthic Ecology
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).