Basin Resources and Sustainable Futures EARTH4085

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: School of Geographical and Earth Sciences
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

Application of theoretical and practical aspects of basin evolution (from tectonics to sedimentary basin fill) with implications of the viability of resource industries (e.g. hydrocarbon, geothermal, carbon capture and storage [CCS]) for sustainable futures.

Timetable

Two classes per week for 5 weeks (held as 3-hour workshop).

Requirements of Entry

Normally completion of Level 3 Geology courses at a mean of D3.

Excluded Courses

EARTH4001 - Advanced Sequence Stratigraphy

EARTH4022 - Petroleum Geology

Assessment

■ Group presentation based on project work

■ Individual in-class test (seismic analysis)

Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? Not applicable for Honours courses

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Course Aims

■ To develop critical analysis skills that identify the tectonic history, sedimentary fill, and source, migration, and trapping of energy related fluids within a sedimentary basin and/or crystalline basement

■ To provide an understanding of how the application of these geological principles can provide sustainable energy solutions for society.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Critically analyse a wide range of sedimentological, paleontological, structural, seismic and geochemical data in order to construct a geological history.

■ Describe and explain the processes leading to the formation, accumulation and exploitation of different types of geological resources (i.e. hydrocarbons, geothermal energy) and storage potential

■ Evaluate the prospectivity of example geological resources and storage sites within case study sedimentary basins

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.