SUMMARY

DURATION5-day course (Monday-Friday)

LOCATION

WHO SHOULD ATTENDGeoscientists and subsurface engineers interested in the structural geology and geomechanics of faults and fractured rock.

COURSE TUTORSThe course will be lead by Professor Rob Butler and/or Dr Clare Bond (University of Aberdeen)

TRAINING METHOD

CONTACTIf you would like to attend this course contact:turnstone@abdn.ac.uk

Fold and thrust at Broadhaven, Pembrokeshire

TurnstoneElements of Structural GeologyField to classroom

Effective structural geology interpretation is of increasing importance for subsurface geological studies. “Elements of Structural Geology” introduces key concepts in faulting, fracture and folding in the context of creating structural interpretations from incomplete datasets. Developing strategies for challenging and validating interpretations will form a concurrent theme. This unique residential workshop integrates classroom exercises with field examples. We believe that the field is the ideal environment for enhancing structural understanding as it embeds three dimensional learning. By moving between classroom and the field, the participant can capitalise on the lessons learnt in these two environments – reinforcing theory with practical application. Structural concepts and applications will be applied on various scales, from fault zone processes through the geometry of individual structures at outcrop and on seismic data.

The workshop is based in the UK’s Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

This course will combine classic field examples with lectures and practical exercises, integrating and developing lessons learnt in the field and particularly the application of these in a sub-surface industrial context.

Vein array, Stackpole Quay

Elements of Structural Geology

TECHNICAL CONTENTThe course consists of 5 days of combined field and workshop based material to cover the key elements of structuralgeology. The field locations allow us to contrast deformation styles and examine the roles of mechanical stratigraphy in differing rock types: sandstones, sandstone-shale sequences and carbonates. The course will include fault geometries and displacement patterns, fault zone architecture and associated wall-rock damage, modes of fractures, and contrasting compressional styles (folds and thrusts). In the classroom we will investigate the seismic expression of these structural styles and use structural validation concepts to test our field models and sub-surface analogues. Allowing the building and testing of structural interpretations.

LOGISTICSThe course will be based in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Accommodation (full-board) and classroom facilities will be at the same venue, with lunches (and coffees and teas during classroom time) provided. The course will start/finish around lunchtime allowing participants to travel to/from the area. The hotel accommodation includes access to leisure and spa facilities.

COSTThe registration rate for this five-day course is £2,600 (+ VAT) per person. This covers the cost of transport to and from the field from the accomodation, tuition and teaching materials (including fully-illustrated course workbook). Hotel accommodation (full-board) will be met by individuals at c. £125/night per person.

ABOUT TURNSTONETurnstone provides focussed technical training in subsurface geoscience to industry, delivered bythe Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology at the University of Aberdeen. It builds upon our long record of graduate level teaching in the oil and gas sector, excellent research and professional training. Funds generated by Turnstone are reinvested in training and research. To learn more of our mission and other training opportunities visit:www.turnstonetraining.com or email: turnstone@abdn.ac.uk

Turnstone Professional Geoscience Training at the University of Aberdeen

MEET THE TUTORSProfessor Rob Butler has over 30 years experience in teaching and researching the structural geology of sedimentary basins, with over 100 publications, chiefly on fault systems. He hasworked extensively on the structural geology of northern Scotland and delivered trainingto a variety of oil and gas companies both in the UK and overseas.

Rob will be joined by at least one other Turnstone tutor.

Dr Clare Bond has combined a career in academia and industry, working as a structuraI geologistin research and consulting roles. Clare’s research interests include uncertainty in seismic interpretation and fault and fracture influence on sub-surface reservoirs.