GOALS: The course is an introduction into processes of basin formation and filling, the principles of seismic facies analysis and seismic sequence stratigraphy, and their application in basin history, groundwater management and exploration for hydrocarbons.

ASSIGNMENTS: The class is a mixture of lectures and exercises.

Introduction in seismic interpretation

Extensional basins, subsidence and isostasy

Tectonic framework of intracontinental rifts

Intra-continental rift segmentation and impact on stratigraphic architecture

Passive margin architecture

Passive margin sedimentation

Basin inversion and strike slip basins

Convergent margins, accretionary prisms

Foreland basins

American-Cuban plate boundary

Introduction into sequence stratigraphy

Clastic shelf deposition

Sequence stratigraphy in siliciclastics

Carbonate depositional systems

Sequence stratigraphy of carbonates

The Bahamas Transect-an example of prograding carbonate sequences

Mixed sedimentary systems and their seismic facies and stratigraphy

High-resolution sequence stratigraphy (Cyclostratigraphy)

Orbital forcing in sedimentation

Presentation of class project

Presentation of class project

Presentation of class project