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Graduate Advanced
Beginning students Undergrads
undergrads
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Graduate Advanced
Beginning students Undergrads
undergrads
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Ghawar (Saudi Arabia) Burgan (Kuwait) Prudhoe Bay
(Alaska) Wilmington (California) Cantarell
(Mexico) Forties (North Sea) Orinoco Oil Belt
(Venezuela) Bakken (North Dakota) Athabasca Tar
Sands (Alberta)
Orinoco Oil Belt (Venezuela) Bakken Play (North
Dakota) Athabasca Tar Sands (Alberta)
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Introductory thoughts
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Geoscience
GEOLOGY 4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
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Geoscience
GEOLOGY 4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Geology Geophysics Geohydrology Geo(technology) Ge
o(engineering) Petroleum economics
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Geoscience
GEOLOGY 4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Geology Geophysics Geohydrology Geo(technology) Ge
o(engineering) Petroleum economics
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Geoscience
GEOLOGY 4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Geology Geophysics Geohydrology Geo(technology) Ge
o(engineering) Petroleum economics
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Geoscience
GEOLOGY 4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Geology Geophysics Geohydrology Geo(technology) Ge
o(engineering) Petroleum economics
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Professorial whining 1. Interrelatedness of
topics 2. Textbooks Best-written textbook
is 13 years old. Many newer textbooks written
by non-educators. Textbooks have a North-Sea
bias. More whining to follow. 3.
Confidentiality and proprietary nature of data
and technology
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Professorial whining 1. Interrelatedness of
topics 2. Textbooks Best-written textbook
is 13 years old. Many newer textbooks written
by non-educators. Textbooks have a North-Sea
bias. More whining to follow. 3.
Confidentiality and proprietary nature of data
and technology
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Professorial whining 1. Interrelatedness of
topics 2. Two-fold agenda Explanation of
petroleum geoscience Development of skills in
subsurface geology 3. Textbooks Best-written
textbook is 13 years old. Many newer textbooks
written by non-educators. Textbooks have a
North-Sea bias. More whining to follow. 4.
Confidentiality and proprietary nature of data
and technology
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Professorial whining 1. Interrelatedness of
topics 2. Two-fold agenda Explanation of
petroleum geoscience Development of skills in
subsurface geology 3. Textbooks Best-written
textbook is 13 years old. Many newer textbooks
written by non-educators. Textbooks have a
North-Sea bias. More whining to follow. 4.
Confidentiality and proprietary nature of data
and technology
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Professorial whining 1. Interrelatedness of
topics 2. Two-fold agenda Explanation of
petroleum geoscience Development of skills in
subsurface geology 3. Textbooks Best-written
textbook is 15 years old. Many newer textbooks
written by non-educators. Textbooks have a
North-Sea bias. More whining to follow. 4.
Confidentiality and proprietary nature of data
and technology
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Professorial whining 1. Interrelatedness of
topics 2. Two-fold agenda Explanation of
petroleum geoscience Development of skills in
subsurface geology 3. Textbooks Best-written
textbook is 15 years old. Many newer textbooks
written by non-educators. Textbooks have a
North-Sea bias. More whining to follow. 4.
Confidentiality and proprietary nature of data
and technology
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Professorial whining 1. Interrelatedness of
topics 2. Two-fold agenda Explanation of
petroleum geoscience Development of skills in
subsurface geology 3. Textbooks Best-written
textbook is 15 years old. Many newer textbooks
written by non-educators. Textbooks have a
North-Sea bias. More whining to follow. 4.
Confidentiality and proprietary nature of data
and technology
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Professorial whining 1. Interrelatedness of
topics 2. Two-fold agenda Explanation of
petroleum geoscience Development of skills in
subsurface geology 3. Textbooks Best-written
textbook is 15 years old. Many newer textbooks
written by non-educators. Textbooks have a
North-Sea bias. More whining to follow. 4.
Confidentiality and proprietary nature of data
and technology
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Professorial whining 1. Interrelatedness of
topics 2. Two-fold agenda Explanation of
petroleum geoscience Development of skills in
subsurface geology 3. Textbooks Best-written
textbook is 13 years old. Many newer textbooks
written by non-educators. Textbooks have a
North-Sea bias. More whining to follow. 4.
Confidentiality and proprietary nature of data
and technology
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Textbooks Knut Bjørlykke 2010 UGA
Libraries Online Resource Petroleum
Geoscience From Sedimentary Environments to Rock
Physics newest, largely specialist-written Tw
o chapters on seismic, one of which is books
longest (? 50 pages) Jon Gluyas and
Richard Swarbrick 2004 Petroleum
Geoscience recent, interestingly organized,
many case studies Not much on seismic method
(eight pages) Small print that is hard to
read Richard C. Selley 1998 Elements
of Petroleum Geology (Second edition) older,
well-organized, single-authored Thirteen pages
on seismic method Fakhry A. Assad, 2009
UGA Libraries Online Resource Field Methods
for Petroleum Geologists Recent, covers well
much of what it covers, occasionally out of
date
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Textbooks(?) Knut Bjørlykke 2010
UGA Libraries Online Resource Petroleum
Geoscience From Sedimentary Environments to Rock
Physics newest, largely specialist-written Tw
o chapters on seismic, one of which is books
longest (? 50 pages) Jon Gluyas and
Richard Swarbrick 2004 Petroleum
Geoscience recent, interestingly organized,
many case studies Not much on seismic method
(eight pages) Small print that is hard to
read Richard C. Selley 1998 Elements
of Petroleum Geology (Second edition) older,
well-organized, single-authored Thirteen pages
on seismic method Fakhry A. Assad, 2009
UGA Libraries Online Resource Field Methods
for Petroleum Geologists Recent, covers well
much of what it covers, occasionally out of
date
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Textbooks Knut Bjørlykke 2010 UGA
Libraries Online Resource Petroleum
Geoscience From Sedimentary Environments to Rock
Physics newest, largely specialist-written Tw
o chapters on seismic, one of which is books
longest (? 50 pages) Jon Gluyas and
Richard Swarbrick 2004 UGA Libraries Online
Resource Petroleum Geoscience recent,
interestingly organized, many case studies Not
much on seismic method (eight pages) Small
print that is hard to read Richard C.
Selley 1998 Elements of Petroleum Geology
(Second edition) older, well-organized,
single-authored Thirteen pages on seismic
method Fakhry A. Assad, 2009 UGA
Libraries Online Resource Field Methods for
Petroleum Geologists Recent, covers well much
of what it covers, occasionally out of date
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Textbooks Knut Bjørlykke 2010 UGA
Libraries Online Resource Petroleum
Geoscience From Sedimentary Environments to Rock
Physics newest, largely specialist-written Tw
o chapters on seismic, one of which is books
longest (? 50 pages) Jon Gluyas and
Richard Swarbrick 2004 Petroleum
Geoscience recent, interestingly organized,
many case studies Not much on seismic method
(eight pages) Small print that is hard to
read Richard C. Selley 1998 Elements
of Petroleum Geology (Second edition) older,
well-organized, single-authored Thirteen pages
on seismic method Fakhry A. Assad, 2009
UGA Libraries Online Resource Field Methods
for Petroleum Geologists Recent, covers well
much of what it covers, occasionally out of
date
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Textbooks Knut Bjørlykke 2010 UGA
Libraries Online Resource Petroleum
Geoscience From Sedimentary Environments to Rock
Physics newest, largely specialist-written Tw
o chapters on seismic, one of which is books
longest (? 50 pages) Jon Gluyas and
Richard Swarbrick 2004 Petroleum
Geoscience recent, interestingly organized,
many case studies Not much on seismic method
(eight pages) Small print that is hard to
read Richard C. Selley 1998 Elements
of Petroleum Geology (Second edition) older,
well-organized, single-authored Thirteen pages
on seismic method Fakhry A. Assad, 2009
UGA Libraries Online Resource Field Methods
for Petroleum Geologists Recent, covers well
much of what it covers, occasionally out of
date
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
More books Mike Shepherd 2009 UGA TN
860 .A512M no. 91 Oil Field Production Geology
(AAPG Memoir 91) Well-organized abundant
schematic illustrations Charles F.
Conaway 1999 UGA TN 870 .C58 1999 The
Petroleum Industry A Nontechnical Guide Simple
explanations of many, many, things George
Asquith and Dan Krygowski 2004 Basic Well Log
Analysis (Second edition) The industrys
standard document on the subject Nigel
Anstey 1982 UGA TN 269 .A63 1982 Simple
Seismics (Second edition) What it says it is,
which is good
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More books Frederick K. North 1985 UGA
TN 870.5 .N59 1985 Petroleum Geology 607 pages
of geology for geologists lots of examples
Royal Dutch/Shell Staff 1983 UGA TN 870
.P495 1983 The Petroleum Handbook 710 pages
of technical stuff (the technical analog of
Conaways book) B.P. Tissot and D.H. Welte
1984 UGA TN 870.5 .T53 1984 Petroleum
Formation and Occurrence (Second Edition) The
source-rock and petroleum-geochemistry revolution
A. I. Levorsen 1967 UGA TN 870 .L42
1967 Geology of Petroleum (Second
edition) Now only of historic interest, but the
classic in the field
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Reference books Robert D. Langenkamp
1985 UGA Sci Ref TN 865 .J43 1985 The
Illustrated Petroleum Reference Dictionary
Robert D. Langenkamp 1994 UGA TN 865
.L36 1994 Handbook of Oil Industry Terms and
Phrases (Fifth edition) Jennifer A. Miles
1989 UGA Sci Ref TN 870.5 .M493
1989 Illustrated Glossary of Petroleum
Geochemistry Edward A. Beaumont Norman
H. Foster 1990 GSU TN 870.5 .B46 . .
. AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology Atlas of
Oil and Gas Fields Multiple volumes, categorized
by trap types (eight structural, three
stratigraphic?)
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Reference books Robert D. Langenkamp
1985 UGA Sci Ref TN 865 .J43 1985 The
Illustrated Petroleum Reference Dictionary
Robert D. Langenkamp 1994 UGA TN 865
.L36 1994 Handbook of Oil Industry Terms and
Phrases (Fifth edition) Jennifer A. Miles
1989 UGA Sci Ref TN 870.5 .M493
1989 Illustrated Glossary of Petroleum
Geochemistry Edward A. Beaumont Norman
H. Foster 1990 GSU TN 870.5 .B46 . .
. AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology Atlas of
Oil and Gas Fields Multiple volumes, categorized
by trap types (eight structural, three
stratigraphic?)
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Reference websites Rigzone.com
www.rigzone.com/training/howitworks.asp
RIGZONE - How it works 60 pages on drilling,
logging, production, etc. Schlumberger
staff www.glossary.oilfield.
slb.com/default.cfm Schlumberger Oilfield
Glossary With 4600 entries, thorough beyond
reason www.osha.gov/SLTC/etoos/oil
andgas/gloassary_of_terms/glossary_of_terms_a.html
U.S. Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) Oil and Gas Well Drilling
and Servicing eTool - Glossary of Terms
An abridgement of the (out of print?)
Dictionary of Petroleum Terms Discovery
Group Inc. www.discovery-group.com/r
esources_state.htm Oil and Gas Resources by
state A gateway to websites of state regulatory
agencies
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Reference websites Rigzone.com
www.rigzone.com/training/howitworks.asp
RIGZONE - How it works 60 pages on drilling,
logging, production, etc. Schlumberger
staff www.glossary.oilfield.
slb.com/ Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary With
4600 entries, thorough beyond reason
www.osha.gov/SLTC/etoos/oilandgas/gloassary_of_
terms/glossary_of_terms_a.html U.S.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing
eTool - Glossary of Terms An
abridgement of the (out of print?) Dictionary of
Petroleum Terms Discovery Group Inc.
www.discovery-group.com/resources_state.
htm Oil and Gas Resources by state A
gateway to websites of state regulatory
agencies
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Reference websites Rigzone.com
www.rigzone.com/training/howitworks.asp
RIGZONE - How it works 60 pages on drilling,
logging, production, etc. Schlumberger
staff www.glossary.oilfield.
slb.com/ Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary With
4600 entries, thorough beyond reason
www.osha.gov/SLTC/etoos/oilandgas/gloassary_of_
terms/glossary_of_terms_a.html U.S.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing
eTool - Glossary of Terms An
abridgement of the (out of print?) Dictionary of
Petroleum Terms Discovery Group Inc.
www.discovery-group.com/resources_state.
htm Oil and Gas Resources by state A
gateway to websites of state regulatory
agencies
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Periodicals/Journals Oil and Gas
Journal www.ogj.com UGA TN 860 .O3
World Oil www.worldoil.com UGA TN 860
.W9 AAPG (American Association of
Petroleum Geologists) Bulletin Journal of
Petroleum Geology Petroleum Geology
Journal of Petroleum Technology
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
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Periodicals/Journals Oil and Gas
Journal www.ogj.com UGA TN 860 .O3
World Oil www.worldoil.com UGA TN 860
.W9 AAPG (American Association of
Petroleum Geologists) Bulletin Journal of
Petroleum Geology Petroleum Geology
Journal of Petroleum Technology
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Periodicals/Journals Oil and Gas
Journal www.ogj.com UGA TN 860 .O3
World Oil www.worldoil.com UGA TN 860
.W9 AAPG (American Association of
Petroleum Geologists) Bulletin
Journal of Petroleum Geology Petroleum
Geology Journal of Petroleum Technology
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Reasons for this course Better petroleum
geoscientists Drilling wells has major
environmental impact Better exploration
geoscientists drill fewer dry holes.
Better production geoscientists get more
petroleum from each hole, reducing the number
of wells drilled per unit time. More
hireable/employable geoscience graduates Petroleu
m companies look for knowledgeable people.
Better users of data generated by the petroleum
industry Wells and seismic data provide
information available from nowhere else.
Citizens who understand the science, dynamics,
and risks of how humans find and exploit their
present major source of energy.
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Reasons for this course Better petroleum
geoscientists Drilling wells has major
environmental impact Better exploration
geoscientists drill fewer dry holes.
Better production geoscientists get more
petroleum from each hole, reducing the number
of wells drilled per unit time. More
hireable/employable geoscience graduates Petroleu
m companies look for knowledgeable people.
Better users of data generated by the petroleum
industry Wells and seismic data provide
information available from nowhere else.
Citizens who understand the science, dynamics,
and risks of how humans find and exploit their
present major source of energy.
64
University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Reasons for this course Better petroleum
geoscientists Drilling wells has major
environmental impact Better exploration
geoscientists drill fewer dry holes.
Better production geoscientists get more
petroleum from each hole, reducing the number
of wells drilled per unit time. More
hireable/employable geoscience graduates Petroleu
m companies look for knowledgeable people.
Better users of data generated by the petroleum
industry Wells and seismic data provide
information available from nowhere else.
Citizens who understand the science, dynamics,
and risks of how humans find and exploit their
present major source of energy.
65
University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Reasons for this course Better petroleum
geoscientists Drilling wells has major
environmental impact Better exploration
geoscientists drill fewer dry holes.
Better production geoscientists get more
petroleum from each hole, reducing the number
of wells drilled per unit time. More
hireable/employable geoscience graduates Petroleu
m companies look for knowledgeable people.
Better users of data generated by the petroleum
industry Wells and seismic data provide
information available from nowhere else.
Citizens who understand the science, dynamics,
and risks of how humans find and exploit their
present major source of energy.
66
University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Reasons for this course Better petroleum
geoscientists Drilling wells has major
environmental impact Better exploration
geoscientists drill fewer dry holes.
Better production geoscientists get more
petroleum from each hole, reducing the number
of wells drilled per unit time. More
hireable/employable geoscience graduates Petroleu
m companies look for knowledgeable people.
Better users of data generated by the petroleum
industry Wells and seismic data provide
information available from nowhere else.
Citizens who understand the science, dynamics,
and risks of how humans find and exploit their
present major source of energy.
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4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
www.marcellus-shale.us/
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Reasons for this course Better petroleum
geoscientists Drilling wells has major
environmental impact Better exploration
geoscientists drill fewer dry holes.
Better production geoscientists get more
petroleum from each hole, reducing the number
of wells drilled per unit time. More
hireable/employable geoscience graduates Petroleu
m companies look for knowledgeable people.
Better users of data generated by the petroleum
industry Wells and seismic data provide
information available from nowhere else.
Citizens who understand the science, dynamics,
and risks of how humans find and exploit their
present major source of energy.
69
University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Reasons for this course Better petroleum
geoscientists Drilling wells has major
environmental impact Better exploration
geoscientists drill fewer dry holes.
Better production geoscientists get more
petroleum from each hole, reducing the number
of wells drilled per unit time. More
hireable/employable geoscience graduates Petroleu
m companies look for knowledgeable people.
Better users of data generated by the petroleum
industry Wells and seismic data provide
information available from nowhere else.
Citizens who understand the science, dynamics,
and risks of how humans find and exploit their
present major source of energy.
70
University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Reasons for this course Better petroleum
geoscientists Drilling wells has major
environmental impact Better exploration
geoscientists drill fewer dry holes.
Better production geoscientists get more
petroleum from each hole, reducing the number
of wells drilled per unit time. More
hireable/employable geoscience graduates Petroleu
m companies look for knowledgeable people.
Better users of data generated by the petroleum
industry Wells and seismic data provide
information available from nowhere else.
Citizens who understand the science, dynamics,
and risks of how humans find and exploit their
present major source of energy.
71
University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Reasons for this course Better petroleum
geoscientists Drilling wells has major
environmental impact Better exploration
geoscientists drill fewer dry holes.
Better production geoscientists get more
petroleum from each hole, reducing the number
of wells drilled per unit time. More
hireable/employable geoscience graduates Petroleu
m companies look for knowledgeable people.
Better users of data generated by the petroleum
industry Wells and seismic data provide
information available from nowhere else.
Citizens who understand the science, dynamics,
and risks of how humans find and exploit their
present major source of energy. . .
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
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GEOL 4320/6320 prerequisites GEOL 1120 or GEOL
1121 or GEOL 1122 or GEOL 1250-1250L or GEOL
2350H or HONS(BIOL)(CHEM)(GEOL)(PHYS) 2080H
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
GEOL 4320/6320 prerequisites GEOL 1120 or GEOL
1121 or GEOL 1122 or GEOL 1250-1250L or GEOL
2350H or HONS(BIOL)(CHEM)(GEOL)(PHYS)
2080H i.e., a geology class
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Assumed vocabulary
Cenozoic Holocene Quaternary Tertiary Neogene Pale
ogene Mesozoic Cretaceous Jurassic Triassic Paleoz
oic Permian Pennsylvanian Carboniferous Mississipp
ian Devonian Silurian Ordovician Cambrian Proteroz
oic Precambrian
Clay Silt Sand Gravel Shale Siltstone Sandstone C
onglomerate Limestone Dolostone Evaporite Chert G
rain size Sorting
Normal fault Reverse fault Thrust
fault Strike-slip fault Fold Anticline Syncline Co
nvergent plate boundary Divergent plate
boundary Transform plate boundary Continental
margin Continental shelf Continental
slope Unconformity
Quartz Feldspar Muscovite Biotite Mica Calcite Ara
gonite Dolomite Gypsum Anhydrite Halite
If any of these are unfamiliar, the American
Geological Institutes Glossary of Geology is
waiting for you in the Science Librarys
Reference Section at QE .B38 2005.
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
Assumed vocabulary
Cenozoic Holocene Quaternary Tertiary Neogene Pale
ogene Mesozoic Cretaceous Jurassic Triassic Paleoz
oic Permian Pennsylvanian Carboniferous Mississipp
ian Devonian Silurian Ordovician Cambrian Proteroz
oic Precambrian
Clay Silt Sand Gravel Shale Siltstone Sandstone C
onglomerate Limestone Dolostone Evaporite Chert G
rain size Sorting
Normal fault Reverse fault Thrust
fault Strike-slip fault Fold Anticline Syncline Co
nvergent plate boundary Divergent plate
boundary Transform plate boundary Continental
margin Continental shelf Continental slope
Quartz Feldspar Muscovite Biotite Mica Calcite Ara
gonite Dolomite Gypsum Anhydrite Halite
If any of these are unfamiliar, the American
Geological Institutes Glossary of Geology is
waiting for you in the Science Librarys
Reference Section at QE .B38 2005.
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University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
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which quiz and exam questions will be drawn
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drawn. Spoken comments and sketches on board
are also material from which quiz and exam
questions will be drawn. The availability of
Powerpoint presentations to students is
not an indication that those presentations are an
adequate substitute for a set
of lecture notes and is not an indication
that attendance at lectures is unnecessary.
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4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
White sans-serif Helvetica text material from
which quiz and exam questions will be drawn
Light gray Times New Roman text material from
which quiz and exam questions will not be
drawn. Spoken comments and sketches on board
are also material from which quiz and exam
questions will be drawn. The availability of
Powerpoint presentations to students is
not an indication that those presentations are an
adequate substitute for a set
of lecture notes and is not an indication
that attendance at lectures is unnecessary.
78
University of Georgia Department of Geology GEOL
4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
White sans-serif Helvetica text material from
which quiz and exam questions will be drawn
Light gray Times New Roman text material from
which quiz and exam questions will not be
drawn. Spoken comments and sketches on board
are also material from which quiz and exam
questions will be drawn. The availability of
Powerpoint presentations to students is
not an indication that those presentations are an
adequate substitute for a set
of lecture notes and is not an indication
that attendance at lectures is unnecessary.
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Powerpoint presentations to students is
not an indication that those presentations are an
adequate substitute for a set
of lecture notes and is not an indication
that attendance at lectures is unnecessary.
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4320/6320 Petroleum Geology
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which quiz and exam questions will be drawn
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which quiz and exam questions will not be
drawn. Spoken comments and sketches on board
are also material from which quiz and exam
questions will be drawn. The availability of
Powerpoint presentations to students is
not an indication that those presentations are an
adequate substitute for a set
of lecture notes and is not an indication
that attendance at lectures is unnecessary.