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Basin Structure and Stratigraphy (GEOL90051)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Off Campus
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
March
Overview
Availability | March - Off Campus |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject will teach how to interpret structure and stratigraphy on seismic data and in the field and the interactions between structure and stratigraphy during basin development. The interpretations will be used to assess hydrocarbon and gas-storage potential in the basins. The subject involves one week in the lab and one week in the field along the Otway coast at Port Campbell and Apollo Bay. The subject will examine the 2D and 3D geometries of extension, inversion, compression, salt diapirism and strike-slip deformation and the sedimentation/erosion and stratigraphic patterns that develop. In the field, we will mainly examine the deformation and sedimentation that occurs during extension and inversion and determine the basin environment of deposition through geological time.
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Reconstruct the structure and deposition in sedimentary basins, including mountain belts;
- Interpret different structural styles on seismic data and in the field;
- Interpret sedimentary deposition during deformation;
- Recognise stratigraphic sequences on seismic and in the field;
- Measure and interpret structural and stratigraphic sections in the field; and
- Evaluate the hydrocarbon potential of a structure and basin ;
Generic skills
Upon completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- think critically and creatively, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning;
- demonstrate a problem-solving approach to new and unfamiliar tasks;
- produce high-level written and/or oral reports;
- apply skills to interrogate synthesise and interpret the published literature;
- demonstrate the ability to assess resource potential; and
- work constructively within teams.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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GEOL30003 | Sedimentary Geology and Hydrogeology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Field structure and stratigraphic measured sections
| Due in the first week of teaching | 25% |
Assignment on the Otway Basin
| Due at the beginning of the second week of teaching | 25% |
Practical & Theory examination
| During the assessment period | 50% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- March - Off Campus
Coordinator Ralf Haese Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours Total of 80 contact hours over 2 weeks during the teaching period: A total of 40 hours of teaching in the field (approx. 8hrs per day for 5 days); and 5 days with x4hrs lectures & x4hrs of blended practicals and tutorials per day Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 21 March 2022 to 1 April 2022 Last self-enrol date 23 March 2022 Census date 28 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 1 April 2022 Assessment period ends 15 April 2022 March contact information
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
Seismic interpretation of Contractional Fault-Related Folds, 2005. AAPG Seismic Atlas Studies in Geology #53, J.H. Shaw, C. Connors & J. Suppe (eds).
Edwards J., Leonard J.G., Pettifer G.R. & McDonald P.A. 1996. Colac 1:250,000 Map Geological Report, Geological Survey of Victoria Report 98, 168 pages.
Tickell S.J., Edwards J. and Abele C. 1992. Port Campbell Embayment 1:100,000 Map Geological Report, Geological Survey of Victoria Report 95, 97 pages.
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Type Name Course Master of Science (Earth Sciences)
Last updated: 31 January 2024