APPLIED STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
cod. 1005622

Academic year 2013/14
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Geologia strutturale (GEO/03)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
60 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

- perform quantitative structural analysis of brittle deformational features associated with folds and fault systems at the reservoir scale.
- Perform statistical analysis of field data to obtain empirical scaling laws.
- Develop conceptual models of fluid flow patterns in reservoir-scale structures.

Prerequisites

Previously achieved Structural Geology exam

Course unit content

1 - Introduction to cross-section balancing.
2 - 4D distribution of brittle deformation features associated with the development of extensional, contractional, and strike-slip fault systems, and implications for subsurface fluid flow.
3 – 4D distribution of brittle deformation features associated with the development of fault-related folds, and implications for subsurface fluid flow.
4 – Mechanical stratigraphy.
5 – Laboratory exercises.

Final one-week camp for learning data collection, analysis, and interpretation.

Full programme

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Bibliography

a collection of scientific papers indicated by the teacher

Teaching methods

Lessons in the class, laboratory exercises, field activity

Assessment methods and criteria

oral exam

Other information

At the end of the course we will spend one week in the field