Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

GEY 314 — Sedimentary Petrology

GEY department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

Types of sediments. Sources, transportation and deposition of sediments. Diagenesis and lithification. Grain size analysis; textures and structures of sediments and sedimentary rocks. Pebble morphometry; mineral composition of the sedimentary rocks and microscopy. Petrographic classification of sandstones. Heavy minerals.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study GEY 314.

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