Undergraduate Course: Exploration Geophysics (EASC09040)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Geosciences |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Earth Science |
Other subject area |
Geosciences |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
Core to the course is the learning of the full analysis chain of exploration (particularly seismic) data, from acquisitions to processing and interpretation. Essential signal processing will also be taught. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 10:00 - 10:50 | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 15:00 - 15:50 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 09:00 - 10:50, Zone: King's Buildings. JCMB Room 6201 |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes of the lecture series:
Students will develop a broad, integrated overview of exploration methods, the physics of waves, refraction and reflection seismics, signal processing and migration. Students will develop an understanding of the principal theories and be aware of specialised and principal techniques used in this field e.g. components of a typical land and marine survey.
The learning outcomes of the Helmsdale fieldtrip:
Students will study the structural, sedimentological and stratigraphic relationships exposed in Mesozoic strata along the NW shore of the Moray Firth with the aim of providing geological constraints on the seismic interpretation. A set of follow-up exercise focuses on the joint interpretation of seismic reflection profile and exploration well data tied into and constrained by field observations and interpretations of the succession. The aim of this exercise is to gain valuable team work experience in a professional level context to determine whether a proposed well site is prospective from a hydrocarbons perspective. |
Assessment Information
One and half hour exam in May 60%
Helmsdale Exercise 40% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Overview of exploration methods
Marine seismic methods
Complication in marine seismic
Land seismic methods
Basic physics of waves
Heterogeneity
Wave phenomena
Refractions in a mulit-layered Earth
Reflections Seismics
Singal Processing and Migration |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords |
Exploration Geophysics, Exploration Methods, Physics, Refraction Seismics, Reflection Seismics, Sign |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Andrew Curtis
Tel: (0131 6)50 8515
Email: andrew.curtis@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Emma Latto
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: emma.latto@ed.ac.uk |
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