Short Course & Symposiums

Short Course

Short Course 1:

Carbonate microfacies and diagenesis

LECTURER: Prof. Axel Munnecke (FAU - Univ. Erlangen-Nuremberg) 

INSTRUCTORS: Prof. Ping Guan (Peking University, Beijing), Prof. Jiaxin Yan (China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan), Dr. Chao Liu (Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo), and Xia Wang (Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu)

TIMING: 5 days (from Monday, Aug. 15 to Friday, Aug. 19)

SHORT COURSE OUTLINE

Limestones are produced by organisms, and a careful thin section analysis allows far-reaching conclusions to be drawn, particularly with regard to their depositional environments and diagenetic alterations. After a general introduction to the basics of carbonate sedimentology and classification(s), lectures on various topics are given in this course and then deepened in microscopic exercises. Topics are, e.g., skeletal and non-skeletal grains, different facies models (tropical, cool-water, deep-water), non-marine carbonates, diagenesis, and dolomite/dolostones. A special lecture and exercise deals with the comparatively poorly studied “marine-burial diagenesis”. It is planned to discuss the participants' own thin sections together on one evening.

REGISTRATION FEE: 300 Euros

LIMITS

Minimum number of participants: 20

Maximum number of participants: 40

LECTURER BIOGRAPHY

Axel Munnecke is a professor in palaeontology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany). He obtained his PhD at the university in Kiel, and worked as postdoc in Bremen (Germany), Lille (France), and Tübingen (Germany). His research focuses on carbonate microfacies and diagenesis as well as on Palaeozoic calcareous and organic-walled microfossils and palaeoclimate reconstructions. Since 2003 he is organising the International Courses on Carbonate Microfacies (“Flügel Courses”) in Erlangen.

Short Course 2:

Sequence Stratigraphy: Principles and Applications

LECTURER:  Dr. Octavian Catuneanu

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:  Students and professional geologists, geophysicists and reservoir engineers who want to learn the method of sequence (and seismic) stratigraphy for correlation, facies prediction, and the delineation of stratigraphic traps.

TIMING: Saturday and Sunday, 20-21 August 2022 (Pre-congress); if online, 08:00–12:00.

SHORT COURSE OUTLINE:

This workshop presents the concepts and practical applications of sequence stratigraphy for petroleum exploration and production. All concepts are illustrated with field examples of seismic, well-log, core, and outcrop data. In-class exercises emphasize the recognition of sequence stratigraphic surfaces and systems tracts on well-log cross-sections, seismic lines, and outcrop profiles. The points of agreement and difference between the various sequence stratigraphic approaches (models) are discussed, and guidelines are provided for a standard process-based workflow of sequence stratigraphic analysis. This enables the practitioner to eliminate nomenclatural or methodological confusions, and apply sequence stratigraphy effectively for facies predictions in exploration and production.

REGISTRATION FEE: 200 Euros

LIMITS:

Minimum number of participants: 20

Maximum number of participants: 40

LECTURER BIOGRAPHY:

Octavian Catuneanu is a Professor from the University of Alberta. He is the recipient of several distinctions in the field of Geology, including the W.W. Hutchison medal of the Geological Association of Canada for exceptional advances in earth science research, and best paper awards from the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, the Geological Society of America, and the Romanian Academy. Octavian served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology, and is a member of the editorial board of other journals in North America and Europe. He edited several books and special issues, and authored numerous publications in the fields of sedimentology, stratigraphy and basin analysis. He is involved in several international research programs and as an instructor of sequence stratigraphy and related disciplines for universities, conferences and companies worldwide. His textbook ‘Principles of Sequence Stratigraphy’ (Elsevier, 2006) received the Outstanding Academic Title CHOICE Award from the American Library Association, and remains a best-selling title. The second edition of ‘Principles of Sequence Stratigraphy’ is scheduled for release in 2022.

Short Course 3

Quantitative analysis of bulk and clay mineralogy

LECTURERS: Dr. Thomas M. Blattmann (ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; thomas.blattmann@erdw.ethz.ch); Dr. Zhifei Liu (Tongji University, Shanghai, China; lzhifei@tongji.edu.cn)

TIMING: Saturday and Sunday, 20-21 August 2022 (Pre-congress) 09:00-17:00

SHORT COURSE OUTLINE:

Mineral compositions of rocks and sediments are important for understanding geological evolution, environment, and climate change, but it is challenging to accurately obtain their absolute or relative contents. This short course provides an excellent opportunity to learn techniques for identification and quantitative analysis of bulk and clay mineralogy. The course will focus on the basic principles of mineral identification and analysis in sedimentary rocks and modern sediments centered on the X-ray diffraction and cutting-edge Rietveld Refinement method and train learners in the use of related software for the determination of absolute and relative mineral content (MacDiff, Profex). Through the study of this course, the learner is basically able to reach the professional level of identification and quantitative analysis of minerals. Basic knowledge of crystal optics, crystal mineralogy, and petrology is required. Experience in mineralogy study is preferred. 

The preliminary schedule: August 20, theoretical knowledge (morning) and software training/case analysis (afternoon) of bulk mineral identification; August 21, theoretical knowledge (morning) and software training/case analysis (afternoon) of clay mineral identification.

REGISTRATION FEE: 200 Euros

LIMITS:

Minimum number of participants: 20

Maximum number of participants: 40

LECTURER BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Thomas M. Blattmann: Researcher and Laboratory Manager, Geological Institute, ETH Zurich. His research is driven by an intense interest in organic matter-mineral interactions and he investigates global biogeochemical cycles from this vantage point. By targeting natural laboratories with distinct mineralogical end member compositions in the South China Sea and elsewhere, he is studying the relationship between organic matter and mineral surfaces in sediments. He specializes in organic geochemical and quantitative mineral analysis.

Dr. Zhifei Liu: Professor, School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji University. He is mainly engaged in the study of deep-sea sedimentary processes and the land-sea combination of source to sink of terrigenous sediments. Through the field observation of modern processes and the analysis of long-term ocean drilling records in the South China Sea, he studies the mechanism of deep-sea sedimentary dynamic processes and their response to global change at different scales. He specializes in the identification and semi-quantitative analysis of clay mineralogy for use in sediment source-to-sink processes, sedimentary dynamics, and environmental and climate change.

Symposiums