SedimentaryOrganicMatterPrinciples&Applications
InternationalCourseonOrganofaciesAnalysis
September24-28,2018UniversityofErlangenGeozentrumNordbayern
Courseoutline• PrinciplesofsedimentaryorganicmatterProduction,distributionandpreservationofsedimentaryorganicmatter
• Groupsoforganicmatter(Palynomorphsandmore)Marineandterrestrialderivedsedimentaryorganicmatter
• Applicationforfacies&sequencestratigraphicalanalysisGeneralintroductiontofaciesdevelopmentandsequencestratigraphyComposition&preservationofsedimentaryorganicmatterrelatedtopalaeo-environmentalanalysis(Palynofaciesanalysis)Palynofaciesanalysisappliedtosequencestratigraphy
• Applicationforbasinanalysis&hydrocarbongenerationThermalalterationofsedimentaryorganicmatter(maturation)ClassificationoforganicmatterinHydrocarbonsystems(kerogentypes)Hydrocarbonpotentialbasedonopticalkerogenanalysis&organicmaturation
Formoreinformationcontact:[email protected]äger,GeoResourcesSTC,Leimen,Germany
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5daysoflecturesandpracticalmicroscopeexercises.Participantscanbringtheirownslidestodiscussinthelastday
CourselanguageisEnglish
Generalprinciplesofpalynologyinitswidestsenseanditsapplicationsin facies analysis, sequence stratigraphy and hydrocarbon generation.Basic knowledge in palaeontology, facies analysis or hydrocarbonsystemsisuseful,butnotmandatory.
