Basin Evolution & Sequence Stratigraphy (GEOL90047)

This 6-day field workshop visits spectacular outcrops along Victoria’s Otway Coast in SE Australia between Port Campbell and Anglesea. The field geology is integrated with seismic, remote sensing, potential field, well and thermal history data and the workshop includes lectures on basin evolution, stratigraphy and structure. The aim is to teach exploration and development geologists, geophysicists and engineers the skills needed to analyse the evolution, stratigraphy, structure and petroleum systems of a basin, and to assess its hydrocarbon potential. The sequence stratigraphy and depositional environments of outcrops are examined, including stratigraphic sections measured in the field. The outstanding extension, inversion and strike-slip structures observed are analysed to determine the nature and timing of events and their influence on deposition. Each area utilises nearby seismic sections to illustrate key aspects of the structure, stratigraphy and basin evolution.