GEOLOGY FOR NON-GEOLOGISTS

Course details

• Define Geology as a science & all included sciences as structural geology, sedimentology …etc.
• Know the origin of earth.
• Describe the structure of the earth, the composition of each layer & the relations between the layers.
• Determine the elements that form earth's crust.
• Recognize the types of different rocks & the cycle which relate each other.
• Recognize the main rock forming minerals.
• Have a good knowledge about the geologic time record, paleogeography & paleontology.
• Define the forces affecting the earth’s crust & the major tectonic events occurred in earth.
• Recognize the main structural elements of the earth’s crust in both regional scale, macro scale & micro scale.
• Understand each representative method of describing earth's structures & features like maps, cross sections & diagrams.
• Describe the elements of the petroleum system.

1. Definition of geology & it's related sciences.
2. Origin of the universe, solar system & earth .
3. Structure & composition of earth.
4. Types of rocks & rock cycle.
5. Earths age, types & methods of age dating.
6. Geologic time scale.
7. Introduction to paleontology.

• Earths crustal motions & tectonic theories.
• Earths paleogeography.
• Earths structural elements, folds, faults & fractures.

1. Recognition of structural elements in field.
2. Recognition of structural elements on maps & satellite images.
3. Representation of structural elements

• Structural contour maps.
• Structural cross sections.
• Stereographic projections.
• Rose diagrams.

1. Introduction to rock forming minerals.
2. Introduction to sedimentary petrology.

• Clastic rocks.
• Nonclastic rocks.
• Rocks composition, texture & maturity.

1. Agents affects sedimentation weathering, erosion transportation & deposition .
2. Post depositional processes " Diagenesis ".
3. Introduction to main sedimentary environments.
4. Introduction to stratigraphy.
5. Types & principles of earth's stratigraphy.

• Biostratigraphy.
• Chronostratigraphy.
• Lithostratigraphy.
• Sequence stratigraphy.

1. Representation of stratigraphic elements.

• Stratigraphic column.
• Stratigraphic well logs.
• Stratigraphic cross sections.
• Stratigraphic stratigraphic well correlation.
• Fence & panel diagrams.

1. Origin of petroleum.
2. Introduction to petroleum system elements.

• Source rocks.
• Reservoir rocks.
• Seal rocks.
• Petroleum traps.
• Time factor.

1. Introduction to reservoir evaluation & mapping.
2. Introduction to remote sensing.

1. Reservoir engineers
2. Operation engineers
3. Geophysicists
4. Petrophysicists
5. LWD & MWD engineers
6. Mud engineers