Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science

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Sedimentology II: Biological and Chemical Processes in Lacustrine and Marine Systems

You will understand chemistry and biology of the marine carbonate system
You will be able to relate carbonate mineralogy with facies and environmental conditions
You will be familiar with cool-water and warm-water carbonates
You will see carbonate and organic-carbon rich sediments as part of the global carbon cycle
You will be able to recognize links between climate and marine carbonate systems (e.g. acidification of oceans and reef growth)
You will be able to use geological archives as source of information on global change
You will have an overview of marine sedimentation through time

carbonates,: chemistry, mineralogy, biology
carbonate sedimentation from the shelf to the deep sea
carbonate facies
cool-water and warm-water carbonates
organic-carbon and black shales
C-cycle, carbonates, Corg : CO2 sources and sink
Carbonates: their geochemical proxies for environmental change: stable isotopes, Mg/Ca, Sr
marine sediments thorugh geological time
carbonates and evaporites
lacustrine carbonates
economic aspects of limestone

Keyword or person

Prof. Sonia Seneviratne

Institute Head

Insitute for Atmosphere and Climate Sciences
ETH Zürich
Universitätstrasse 16
CHN L 12.1
8092 Zürich
Switzerland

For information about the institute please contact:

Institute Coordinator

Rahel Buri

Universitätstrasse 16 CHN L12.2

8092 Zurich, Switzerland

phone: +41 44 632 81 85

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