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Staff involved: Assoc. Prof. Greg Skilbeck (University of Technology, Sydney) and Prof. Paul Morgan (Macquarie University)
Module Objectives: Detailed revision of sequence stratigraphy and its role in regional exploration and petroleum field development. Pitfalls and problems with sequence stratigraphy when applied to convergent margins. Examination of sandstone reservoirs in shallow marine settings including estimation of orientation and lateral extent. The subject is designed for students aiming towards a career in petroleum exploration, and deals with applied basin analysis and reservoir/trap definition.
Module program: Detailed examination of clastic sedimentary environments with particular emphasis on sandstone body deposition and orientation. Applications of genetic/sequence stratigraphy are examined in exercises using real seismic and well data. Brief examination of rates and styles of subsidence, providing constraints on sedimentary processes. On the accompanying field trip, outcrop of fluvial, near-shore, shallow and deep marine environments are examined to demonstrate the three-dimensional nature of deposits. Sediment compaction.
Format, duration and timing: 2 x 6-hour blocks of lectures and practical exercises, followed by a 2 1/2 day field trip.
Assumed Knowledge: Sediment erosion, transport and depositional mechanisms. Simple transgressive and regressive depositional models for clastic sedimentary environments. Introductory seismic and geographical well-log interpretation. Basin classification, and general tectonics.
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Assessment: Written assignment (50%), field exercise (50%).
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