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Postgraduate Course: Quantitative Interpretation (PGGE11175)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis 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.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
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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