Postgraduate Course: Quantitative Interpretation (PGGE11175)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is designed to allow students to apply the concepts in the Rock Physics course in a practical context. It introduces students to a recent industry development, and builds on significant research expertise in Edinburgh. It is intended to have a component of workstation based learning, which will improve students' appreciation of current industry software capabilities. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 40 |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. Principles of Amplitude-versus-offset (AVO) analysis: Information content, AVO inversion, traditional crossplot analysis, attributes and Fluid-Factor analysis.
2. Rock Physics templates and Seismic litho-facies.
3. Probabilistic Inversion and Statistical Rock Physics.
4. Thin bed effects and frequency-dependent AVO.
5. Practical exercise applying the concepts to industrial data.
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Assessment Information
| Continuous Assessment (100%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
Two four-hour lectures, plus three-four computer lab sessions. |
| Keywords | Intrepretation Inversion Rock Physics |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Mark Chapman
Tel: (0131 6)50 8521
Email: mark.chapman@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Christine Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4866
Email: Christine.Wilson@ed.ac.uk |
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