Academic year2016/17
CourseGEOSCIENCES AND GEOTECHNOLOGIES
Code104DD
Credits6
PeriodSemester 1
LanguageItalian
| Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) |
| STRATIGRAFIA SISMICA | GEO/02 | LEZIONI | 48 | |
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Knowledge
The student who successfully completes the course is expected to have acquired basic tools for subsurface stratigraphic analysis by using reflections seismic profiles and well logs.
He will be able to:
read a composite well log;
calibrate a seismic profile by using well logs;
identify the seismic facies present in a seismic profile and define the seismostratigraphic units;
construct chronostratigraphic diagrams from seismic profiles and interpret the seismic units in terms of sequence stratigraphy.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
During the exam the student must be able to demonstrate his/her knowledge of the course material and be able to illustrate with property of expression the experimental work carried out in the laboratory.
The written report concerns the seismic-stratigraphy interpretation of a selected area, usually an offshore area, with a well-explored and seismically well-recognizable stratigraphic sequence.
Methods:
- Final oral exam
- Final laboratory practical demonstration
- Written report
Teaching methods
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
- attending lectures
- preparation of oral/written report
- participation in discussions
- individual study
- group work
- Laboratory work
- Practical
Attendance: Advised
Teaching methods:
Syllabus
Principles of Stratigraphy.
Analysis of drilling data: cores and cuttings; wireline logs.
Seismostratigraphy: seismic facies and seismostratigraphic units; depositional sequences; chronostratigraphic diagrams.
Sequence stratigraphy: criteria and methods; analysis of seismic profiles representative of siliciclastic and carbonate depositional systems.
Bibliography
Recommended reading includes
Doyle P., Bennett M.R. (1999): Unlocking the stratigraphical record. J. Wiley & Sons Ltd, pp. 243-350.
Hart B. (2000): 3-D Seismic Interpretation: A Primer for Geologists. SEPM Short Course n°48, pp. 1-55.
Emery D., Myers K.J. (1996): Sequence stratigraphy. pp.1-107.
Rider M. (2006): The geological interpretation of well logs. Progress Press Co Ltd.,Malta. pp. 33-90.
Sheriff R.E., Geldart L.P., (1995): Exploration seismology. Cambridge University Press, Chapter 10 Geologic interpretation of reflection data. pp.349-423.
Several scientific articles and manuals are made available during the laboratory work
Updated: 14/11/2016 17:27
