Processes of deposition of carbonate sediments. Recent environments as analogues for ancient carbonate sequences. Petrology and petrography of modern and ancient carbonate rocks, the reconstruction of their physical/chemical depositional and diagenetic environments in time and space. Major near-surface diagenetic environments, subaerial exposure, dolomitization, burial diagenesis. Carbonate aqueous equilibria, and carbonate geochemistry of trace elements and stable isotopes. Laboratories are devoted to thin- section analysis and hand-specimen study of carbonate sediment and rocks, carbonate classifications, studying carbonate facies, models, and carbonate diagenesis. Field trips required. Prerequisite: GEOL 533 (or equivalent) or consent of the instructor.

Pre-requisites: GEOL533 Or GEOL533