Course Objectives:

By the end of this course, participant will be able to:

1. Identify stratigraphic sequences
2. Interpret seismic reflection geometries
3. Relate sequence stratigraphy to basin architecture, relative sea levels and history
4. Build predictive stratigraphic model

Course Outline:

1. Historical framework
2. Seismic geometries
3. Unconformities
4. Relative sea level
5. Eustasy
6. Parasequences and their stacking patterns
7. Parasequences as a correlation tool
8. Relationship of stratigraphic patterns to changes in subsidence rates as driven by regional and earth scale tectonic processes
9. Cycle hierarchy
10. World-wide cycle chart and its application
11. The sequence stratigraphic model
12. LST sequence boundaries, diagenesis related to unconformities, incised valleys, slope fans, basin floor fans and prograding complexes illustrated by slide presentation and individual exercises
13. TST incised valley fill, two phase sedimentation pattern, source rock and reservoir seal illustrated by slide presentation and individual exercises
14. HST alluvial, deltaic, shoreline complexes and shelf sands illustrated by slide presentation and individual exercises
15. Exploration and production scaled case histories
16. Exploration/production strategies

Who Can Benefit?

Geologists, geophysicists, biostratigraphers and engineers (with some knowledge of geology) needing a fundamental understanding of the principles and applications of sequence stratigraphy.