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CONSTITUTION OF SEDIMENTS AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS:
• SEDIMENT AND SEDIMENTARY ROCK COMPONENTS
• SEDIMENT TEXTURAL CHARACTERS
• SEDIMENTARY ROCKS CLASSIFICATION
• NOTES ON PARTICULAR TYPES OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF ECONOMIC INTEREST (E. G. BIOGENIC ROCKS, EVAPORITES, ETC.)
SILICICLASTIC MATERIAL TRANSPORT THROUGH FLUIDS:
• FUNDAMENTALS ON NEWTONIAN MECHANICS IN UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOWS
• TRACTIVE FLOWS
• HYPERCONCENTRATED AND MASSIVE FLOWS (E.G. GRANULAR FLOWS, TURBIDITES)
SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES:
• BEDDING AND LAMINATION
• IRREGULAR STRATIFICATION
• HYPERCONCENTRATED AND MASSIVE FLOW STRUCTURES
• BEDDING PLANE MARKINGS
• BIOGENIC STRUCTURES
INTRODUCIION TO SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS
• CONTINENTAL ENVIRONMENTS: FLUVIAL AND LACUSTRINE SYSTEMS
• TRANSITION ENVIRONMENTS: DELTAIC AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS
• MARINE ENVIRONMENTS: PLATFORM SYSTEMS, MARINE SLOPE-PLAIN SYSTEMS, OPEN MARINE SYSTEMS
• EVAPORITIC ENVIRONMENTS
• PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS

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