Borehole Geophysical Logging Course Content

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[Course Title] Borehole Geophysical Logging (2-credit compulsory

course)
Course number:
Meeting time:
Location(s):
Credit points 2
(ECTS):
Course language: English
Course inscription: X required
[deadline]
[how/where to register, e.g. E-mail, online-form.. ]
Lecturer(s)
Evans, Keith HPP D-22.3 Hoenggerberg 0041 (1) 633 2591
keith.evans@erdw.ethz.ch
Maurer, Hansruedi HIL O-7 Hoenggerberg 0041 (1) 633 6838
maurer@aug.ig.erdw.ethz.ch
[Third lecturer] [Office Number/Building] [Office Phone]
[E-mail]
Teaching assistant(s) / tutor(s)

T.B.A. [Office Number/Building] [Office Phone]
[E-mail]
[Name] [Office Number/Building] [Office Phone]
[E-mail]
Contact information
Course url: [www.webct.ethz.ch]
Official contact person: Evans, Keith Hours of contact:
[Official contact address /phone [Office hours / e-mail reaction
number / course e-mail] time]
Official contact person [Name] Hours of contact:
teaching assistant(s):
[Official contact address /phone [Office hours / e-mail reaction
number / course e-mail] time]
Rationale, course aims, and objectives

Rationale: [Why does this course exist?] To instruct primarily Engineering Geology
students in the use of geophysical logs and cross-hole seismic and radar
methods for rock mass and formation characterisation.
[How does it fit in with the rest of the curriculum?] This course is
compulsory for Engineering Geology students, and is open to all Earth
Science masters students.
[Compulsory course of which Major/Minor?]
Aims [Thinking from the prospective students’ point of view, what general
outcomes is the course designed to achieve? How will it contribute to
(≡ Leitidee; see document
“Lernziel-Planung”, chap.
them professionally?] This course aims to provide students taking the
1.1) Engineering Geology Masters Program with the know-how to design a
geophysical logging and cross-hole seismic program for site
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characterisation and to interpret the data.

Objectives [List of learning outcomes as specifically as possible / Which skills,
knowledge, and experiences will be achieved?] The course will introduce
(≡ dispositive Lernziele; see
document “Lernziel-Planung”,
students to modern borehole logging techniques with the emphasis on
chap. 1.1) geotechnical rather than oil and gas well reservoir engineering. Although
the principles of operation of the various sondes will be covered, the
primary focus will be on application. For a given problem in a given
environment, the students should be able to design a logging program that
will furnish the requisite information. They will also be able to extract
information on rock mass/reservoir properties by combining curves from a
suite of logs. The students will also learn about surface-to-borehole and
borehole-to-borehole seismic methods for rock mass characterisation.
This will include VSP and tomography.
Teaching philosophy
[What is your approach for teaching this course? What are your expected teaching methods? What are
the students’ responsibilities?] Largely lecture based (2 hrs) with tutorials immediately following the
lectures. There will be one field trip to provide hands-on experience in running logs and one laboratory
practical.
Prerequisites
Maximum number of [No.]
participants:
[reason for restriction: e.g. laboratory workstations]
Courses must be [Course number / course title]
completed:
[Course number / course title]
Courses recommended: [Course number / course title] Applied Shallow Surface Geophysics
[Course number / course title] Engineering-geological site investigations
Skills, knowledge, [Skills, knowledge, experience, which are expected, e.g. programming
experience: knowledge]
Tentative course outline / schedule

[day 1 / date] [Meeting time]
[Location]
Lecture 1 (2 hrs) [special events / field trips / guest Student self-study / Assignments:
lectures..] [reading list / lab preparation
Introduction to the course.
etc.]
Why are geophysical logs so
important and where are
they used.
What kind of information
can be extracted from
geophysical logs.
Borehole geometry logs
• survey logs (gyro-survey,
magnetic survey, GPIT)
• caliper logs including
acoustic televiewer
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[Location]
Electrical logs 1:
etc.]
2 hrs exercise class interwoven with
Background information on
lectures
the electrical properties of
rocks & the effect of
saturation with different
pore fluids.
• SP-log
Resistivity logs:
• laterolog
• micro-resistivity imaging
logs
azimuthal resistivity logs
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Electrical logs 2:
induction logs
Fracture imaging logs:
• dipmeter
• ultrasonic televiewer
• optical televiewer
micro-resistivity
(dipmeter/FMI)
[Location]
Radioactive logs
etc.]
• gamma ray log
2 hrs exercise class interwoven with
• spectral gamma log lectures
Nuclear logs:
• neutron log
• gamma-gamma (density)
log
• NMR log
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Borehole gravity logs
Seismic logs 1:
seismic methods
• sonic logs
• Full-wave sonic
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• tube-wave (VSP)
[Location]
Lecture 4: (2 hrs) [special events / field trips / guest Student self-study / Assignments:
'Cross-hole' methods
etc.]
2 hrs exercise class follows lecture
Borehole-borehole
• tomography
Borehole-surface
• tomography
VSP
[day 5/ date] [Meeting time]
[Location]
'Cross-hole' methods 2
etc.]
2 hrs exercise class follows lecture
Combining geophysical
logs for interpretation
[Location]
Field trip
etc.]
Field trip
[Location]
Post-field data analysis
etc.]
Practical on data analysis - using
data from field trip and other
provided datasets. (4 hrs)
[Location]
Lecture 9 [special events / field trips / guest Student self-study / Assignments:
etc.]

[Location]
etc.]

[Location]
etc.]
[Location]
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etc.]
[Location]
etc.]
[Location]
Opportunity for students to
etc.]
pose question to lecturers
Notes
[e.g. preliminary talks...]
Material
Script: [yes/no script; where do I get it? How much does it cost?] Publications and
script
Required or recommended [title(s), author(s).../ internet resources] ???
(text)books: required / recommended
[title(s), author(s).../ internet resources]
required / recommended
Other necessary equipment [e.g. lab or saftey equipment]
or material:
Assessment / Grading criteria
(didactical manual for examinations, see document “Leitfaden für das Planen, Durchführen und Auswerten von
Prüfungen an der ETHZ“; Eugster&Lutz 2003)
assessment during course
assessment end of semester “Semesterendprüfungen”
“Sessionsprüfung”
Inscription for assessment:
[deadline]
[how/where to register, e.g. E-mail, online-form.. ]
Prerequisites:
[criteria for admission]
[written examinations] Nature of test: What will be tested:
Meeting time: [Meeting [ e.g. multiple-choice, essay] Knowledge of principles of
time] operation
Duration: [Duration]
Knowledge of how to interpret logs
Location: [Location]
and combine them to constrain
formation/rock mass properties.
[e.g. 50]% weight of total mark
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[oral examinations] Nature of test: What will be tested:

Meeting time: [Meeting [ e.g. examination in groups, [which learning objectives (see
time] individual examination] above) will be tested?]
Duration: [Duration]
Location: [Location]
Examiner(s):
[Examiner 1]
[Examiner 2]
[student presentation] Defaults: What will be assessed:

[e.g. duration, topic, structure..] [which learning objectives (see
above) will be tested?]
[lab work / research work Defaults: What will be assessed:

/ practical work]
[e.g. No. of pages required, topic, [which learning objectives (see
Deadline: [Deadline] structure..] above) will be tested?]
[others types] Defaults: What will be assessed:

[...] [which learning objectives (see
above) will be tested?]
Grading criteria: [fail-pass criteria]

Marks: [Yes/No?]
Notes: [special arrangements...]
Services / Help
Glossary: [http://www.fish.washington.edu/naturemapping/mollusks/glossary.html]
Helpline: [questions about the excursion -> contact teaching assistant]
[questions about exams -> FAQ]
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[Course Title] Borehole Geophysical Logging (2-credit compulsory

Teaching assistant(s) / tutor(s)

Rationale, course aims, and objectives

characterisation and to interpret the data.

Tentative course outline / schedule

[day 2 / date] [Meeting time]

[day 9 / date] [Meeting time]

[day 10 / date] [Meeting time]

Lecture 11 [special events / field trips / guest Student self-study / Assignments:

Assessment / Grading criteria

[oral examinations] Nature of test: What will be tested:

[student presentation] Defaults: What will be assessed:

[lab work / research work Defaults: What will be assessed:

[e.g. 50]% weight of total mark

[others types] Defaults: What will be assessed:

Grading criteria: [fail-pass criteria]

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