Postgraduate Course: Rock Physics (PGGE11149)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Part A ? Rock deformation and fluid flow (led by Ian Main)
1. Rock failure ? brittle and ductile
2. Experimental Rock deformation: laboratory methods and demonstration (Ian Butler)
3. Coulomb friction
4. Failure criteria for ideal elastic materials
5. Fracture nucleation
6. Static fatigue
7. Fluid flow in porous, fractured media
Part B ? Geophysical properties of porous, fractured media (led by Mark Chapman)
- include anisotropy, what determines velocity resistivity etc., damage mechanics, effective medium theory, poroelasticity, seismic wave propagation, effect of P and T, upscaling etc.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
Fundamental Mathematics (PGGE11142)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the students should achieve the following learning outcomes:
? A familiarity with how rocks and pore fluids behave under stress in the subsurface.
? An understanding of how rock and fluid properties affect the propagation of geophysical fields, as an aid to interpreting geophysical images.
? An understanding of mathematical, physical, computational and experimental concepts and tools required to model the behaviour of reservoir rocks.
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Assessment Information
| 100% continuous assessment |
Special Arrangements
| Disabled students will not be at a disadvantage for the majority of the course, as it is lecture and classroom-based. |
Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Rock Physics |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Ian Main
Tel: (0131 6)50 4911
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Course secretary | Mrs Christine Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4866
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