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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

308066 (v.1) Geology and Geophysics for Drilling Engineers 601

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Area: Department of Petroleum Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 40.0
Lecture: 1 x 20 Hours 4 Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 20 Hours 4 Weekly
Syllabus: Geological principles, earth structure, identification of common rocks and minerals, geological time, historical geology and stratigraphy, sedimentary rocks depositional patterns, reservoir rocks, surface and subsurface mapping, hydrocarbons, petroleum traps, diagenesis in sandstones, seismic methods for lithology detection and high resolution three-dimensional seismic.
Field of Education: 010700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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