EA3650 - Sedimentary Environments and Energy Resources
Credit points: |
3 |
Year: |
2014 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
2
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Administered by: |
Sch of Earth & Environmental Sciences (pre 2015) |
This subject presents a comprehensive overview of sedimentary environments and their
significance for the formation of energy resources. Emphasis will be placed on understanding
the context between sedimentary environments, stratigraphy and diagenesis for the
formation and emplacement of coal, gas and liquid hydrocarbons. The subject includes
a discourse through geological time to study past environments based on outcrops,
core logs and seismic analysis.
Learning Outcomes
- a knowledge of the depositional environments for energy resources including liquid
hydrocarbons, coal and conventional and coal-bed methane;
- an understanding of the processes required for the formation of energy resources;
- knowledge of the tools used to evaluate and describe stratigraphic and coal and oil-baring
sequences;
- a critical appreciation of the importance of the formation of energy resources;
- an understanding of global environmental change and its significance for our modern
energy resources.
Prerequisites: |
AT LEAST 12 CREDIT POINTS OF LEVEL 2 SUBJECTS INCLUDING EA2110 |
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:
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EA3620 EA5620 EA5650 |
Availabilities
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Townsville,
Internal,
Study Period 2
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Census Date 28-Aug-2014 |
Coord/Lect: |
Assoc. Professor Eric Roberts. |
Workload expectations: |
- 26 hours lectures
- 15 hours practicals
- 24 hours - Fieldwork
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Assessment: |
end of semester exam (50%); field reports (30%); practical exercises (20%). |
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Note:
Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process,
and in case
of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest
official information.