26429 - BASIN ANALYSIS

Aims and scope

The main objectives of this subject are: 1)to acquire theoretical knowledge needed for
the study of a sedimentary basin; 2) to learn and use different techniques to obtain the
information recorded in the basin-fill; 3)to study (field trips) different types of
sedimentary basins, and 4) to apply the knowledge and use the results as support for
stratigraphic or other geological studies.

Program
1. MAIN CONCEPTS IN BASIN ANALYSIS
• Concept and objectives
• Sedimentary basins in their geodynamic context
• Plate Tectonics and Wilson cycle
• Main techniques in basin analysis
2. CONTROL FACTORS IN BASIN-FILL
• Subsidence
• Eustasy
• Sediment supply
3. SEDIMENTARY BASINS: TYPES
• Classification criteria of sedimentary basins
• Adopted classification
• Basins due to lithospheric stretching
• Basins due to flexure
• Basins associated with strike-slip deformation
4. SEDIMENTARY BASIN-FILL MODELIZATION
• Introduction to modelling of sedimentary basins
• Software for modelling of sedimentary basins

Practical sessions
• Software tools for basin analysis
• Subsidence history
• Denudation rates. Evolution of source area
• Fischer diagrams for recognition of sedimentary cycles
Field trips (1 credit)
• Recognition and study of different types of sedimentary basins in an Almazan-basin-
Cameros Basin Ebro Basin section (1 day)
• Tectonic-sedimentation relationships in the Ebro Basin (1 day)
• Jaca Basin (1 day)

Assessment details
The examination last two hours and comprises theoretical and practical issues on
fundamentals concepts of basin analysis. To pass this subject to obtain a rating equal
to or greater than 5 on each one of the following sections will be a necessary
condition:
40% of the marks are allocated to the theory .
20% of the marks are allocated to the practical exercises.
20% of the marks are allocated to the field trips (attendance and reports).
20% of the marks are allocated to the assignments and problems (preparation and
presentation).
However, students who get in any part a grade equal or higher than 4 can compensate
with other parts.

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