Department of Petroleum
and Geosystems Engineering
This course is a treatment of structural geology
with an emphasis on aspects of importance to petroleum engineering (and
to a lessor extent other engineering disciplines). We will cover basic
rock deformation processes, the geometry and mechanics of geologic structures,
rock fracture, introductory seismic interpretation, in situ stress relationships
and aspects of GPS applied to petroleum engineering and geologic mapping.
This course is part of the undergraduate curriculum,
but graduate students who need to improve on their geologic background
are encouraged to sign up!