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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

303964 (v.3) Basin Analysis and Energy Resources 511

Note

Tuition Patterns

The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: Department of Applied Geology
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): Admission into 193804 (v.8) Master of Science (Geology) or any previous version
OR
Admission into 192605 (v.6) Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Geology or any previous version
Syllabus: Applied sedimentology, Principles and applications of sedimentary basin analysis. Sequence stratigraphy Controls on basin fill. Coal geology: formation, rank and variations. Factors affecting value of coals and their uses. Nature, origin, migration and accumulation of oil. Exploration techniques. Petroleum technology. Reservoir evaluation, source, seal, trap formation. Petroleum systems development, petroleum production and reserves, environmental aspects of fossil fuels, alternative energy resources.
Field of Education: 010700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External