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Geology (GEOL)
GEOL 6133 Unconventional Petroleum Reservoirs Prerequisites: GEOL 4023.
GEOL 6373 Advanced Carbonate Petrology and Geochemistry Prerequisites: GEOL 4403 with a grade of "C" or higher and GEOL 5363 with a grade of "B" or higher or equivalents or consent of instructor. Description: This course will cover advanced topics in carbonate petrology and geochemistry with emphasis on both early and late diagenetic processes, dolomitization, porosity and permeability, geochemical evolution of seawater and carbonate sediments, and regional diagenetic patterns in carbonate rocks and related strata. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Geology GEOL 6386 Sequence Stratigraphy of Shales Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Intensive field course focusing on hydrocarbon-bearing shales of the Midcontinent. Description: Advanced field techniques including high resolution spectral gamma ray analysis and highly detailed measured sections will be taught. Fifty localities including Devonian-Early Mississippian (Woodford and Chattanooga shales), Upper Mississippian (Barnett, Caney, and Fayetteville shales) and Pennsylvanian-Lower Permian shales will be analyzed. Credit hours: 6 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 12 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab
Description: Review of unconventional sources of oil and gas production including coalbed methane, tight gas-sandstones, gas and oil-bearing shales and transition zone, high-water saturation sandstones and carbonates. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Geology GEOL 6283 Geology of Shales Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Description: Team-taught course that combines different geological techniques towards gaining a better understanding of shales as source and reservoir rock. These include petrography, XRD, SEM, Organic and Inorganic chemistry, geophysical logs, paleoecology and biostratigraphy. This course will involve lecture as well as laboratory techniques. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Geology GEOL 6303 Electrical and Electromagnetic Methods Prerequisites: GEOL 4103. Description: Principles of the different geoelectrical methods, including electrical resistivity, induced polarization, self potential, electromagnetic, and ground penetrating radar will be emphasized. Geophysical instrumentation, laboratory measurements of physical properties, field procedures, and basic interpretation and near surface geophysical applications will be discussed. Recent advances in geoelectrical methods and case studies will be examined by reviewing current literature. Field trip required. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Geology
Department/School: Geology GEOL 6403 Biogeophysics Prerequisites: GEOL 5443 or GEOL 4103 or GEOL 6303.
Description: Introduces students to the important role that microbes play in geologic processes and explores current cutting-edge research available to investigate these processes. Interactions of microorganisms with earth materials (soils, rocks, water, etc.) and geophysical methods used to investigate microbial processes will be emphasized. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab
Department/School: Geology GEOL 6503 Rock Fractures Prerequisites: GEOL 3014.
GEOL 6363 Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Prerequisites: GEOL 5363 with a grade of "B" or better.
Description: Integrated study and application of modern and ancient depositional systems, diagenesis, petrophysics, sequence stratigraphy, and geostatistical modeling towards the understanding of the three dimensional distribution and reservoir characterization of carbonate and mixed carbonate/siliciclastic systems. This is a seminar and project- based course. Field trip required. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Geology
Description: Mechanical analysis and tectonic implications of brittle structural features such as joins, veins, and faults. Examination of topics such as mechanical stratigraphy in layered rocks, factors controlling joint spacing, and the dependence of failure mode on lithology. Field trips may be required. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Discussion, Combined lecture & discussion, Lecture Department/School: Geology
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