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 |
Course website |
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)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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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 |
Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
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No Classes have been defined for this Course |
First Class |
First class information not currently available |
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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
Academic description |
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Syllabus |
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Transferable skills |
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Reading list |
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Study Abroad |
Not entered |
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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1 September 2011 6:35 am
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