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Please bring pencils, coloured pencils, eraser, ruler and calculator to all lectures and practical classes.

“An Introduction to Geophysical Exploration”
By Philip Kearey, Michael Brooks and Ian Hill; published by Blackwell

“Fundamental of rock mechanics”
By Jaeger, Cook and Zimmerman; published by Blackwell

“Geodynamics”
By Turcotte and Schubert; published by Cambridge ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog Press

“Introduction to Structural Geology”
By Fossen, Haakon, and Cambridge; New York : Cambridge ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog Press.

Lectures and practicals will be available on MyUni ()

This course provides a solid base to the practical aspects of structural geology, geomechanics and seismic data acquisition, processing and interpretation. Weekly lectures are supported by problem-solving practical sessions, developing material covered in lectures.

During the course, we hope to have fun (a bit), to introduce you some of the key concepts and techniques used by geologists and geophysicists to explore for economic resources, map the geometries of these resources, and provide information to improve the management of these resources through time. Finally, we hope to imbue you with our enthusiasm for analysing the earth's subsurface and advancing the exploration for and development of petroleum accumulations.

There are two lectures (50 minutes each) and two practical sessions per week.

Not Applicable

Assessment in this course is based on a combination of practical exercises and the final exam. All practicals are compulsory; the course coordinator could mark and include any of the practicals in the assessment.

You will be advised of the practical collected at the beginning of the prac session. Alternative test dates for students who cannot be present on the date of the test on medical and compassionate grounds can be requested through the Course Coordinator.

The course will be assessed with a weighting of 40% on practicals and 60% based on the results of the final exam.

Submission of Work for Assessment
Practicals are to be completed within seven days of the practical session, with a completed copy of the assessment coversheet that is available from the school office. This should be signed to indicate you have read the above university policy statement on plagiarism, collusion and related forms of cheating.

Extensions for Assessment Tasks
Extensions of deadlines for assessment tasks will only be permitted for legitimate medical or compassionate reasons. Evidence for an extension on medical or compassionate grounds must be provided to the lecturer (e.g. copy of medical certificate).

Penalty for Late Submission of Assessment Tasks
Assessment tasks must be submitted by the stated deadlines. There will be a penalty for late submission of assessment tasks. The submitted work will be marked „without prejudice‟ and 10% of the obtained mark will be deducted for each day (or part of a day) that an assessment task is late, up to a maximum penalty of 50% of the mark attained. An examiner may elect not to accept any assessment task that a student wants to submit after that task has been marked and feedback provided to the rest of the class.

Provision of Feedback to Students
Exercises will be returned to students within three weeks of their submission.