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Postgraduate Course: Quantitative Interpretation (PGGE11175)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaPostgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis 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)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  40
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class First class information not currently available
No Exam Information
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.
Assessment Information
Continuous Assessment (100%)
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Two four-hour lectures, plus three-four computer lab sessions.
KeywordsIntrepretation Inversion Rock Physics
Contacts
Course organiserDr Mark Chapman
Tel: (0131 6)50 8521
Email: mark.chapman@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Christine Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4866
Email: Christine.Wilson@ed.ac.uk
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