Seminar of Atlantic Basins Geology I

Recommended Prerequisites

Sedimentar Petrology; Sedimentology; Stratigraphy; Structural Geology.

Teaching Methods

Lectures and seminars.
Resolution of theoretical and practical problems for analyzes issues such as subsidence analysis, provenance, diagenetic evolution of Atlantic Basins and others.
The lectures and seminars extend throughout the semester. The practical classes are held after theoretical presentation of a problem in concrete. 

Learning Outcomes

Knowing the sedimentary record of Atlantic basins. Understand the geological history of the Atlantic basins and discern the tectonic, eustatic and climatic controls; Integrate regional aspects of the various basins in a global model. Knowing the source stratigraphic levels, more relevant traps and reservoirs and evaluate the oil potential of different structural or paleoenvironmental fields based on regional geological knowledge. 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1) Main external controls on sedimentation
a) Climatic and hydrological conditions
b) Tectonics
c) Sea level variations
i. Eustatic variations
ii. Changes in the level of regional or local seafood
2) Type geodynamics of sedimentary basins
a) Basins associated with the opening of the Atlantic (evolutionary steps in Atlantic basins, the Atlantic basin situation in the global framework; diachronic development of the Atlantic basin)
b) Other basins surrounding areas
3) Analysis of Associated Basins opening of the Atlantic
a. Sedimentary filling
b. Evolutionary phases
c. Comparative analysis of basins of the two Atlantic shores
d. Petroleum systems (generators, reservoirs, traps)
d. Case studies (Lusitanian Basin, Moroccan Bank; Sao Tome and Principe, Angola, Brazil)
4) Other Basins
a. Sedimentary filling
b. Evolutionary phases
c. Petroleum systems
d. Case studies (Iberian Cordillera, the Douro and Tagus basins Tertiary)
5) Paleozoic Basin proto-Atlantic  

Head Lecturer(s)

Rui Paulo Bento Pena dos Reis

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Project: 10.0%
Report of a seminar or field trip: 20.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 30.0%
Synthesis work: 40.0%

Bibliography

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