This course focuses on the different classes of non-marine sandstone. It also provides the depositional environments of each of these different classes and the characteristics of each of the depositional systems. This includes the diagnostic evidences (seismic, wireline logs and cores). It also includes depositional processes and lithologic characteristics as well as the geometry and the associated facies.

Course Outline:

• Classification of non-marine sandstones
• General considerations
• Non-marine vs. marine: rules of thumb and their limitations
• Alluvial fan environment 
• General introduction
• Depositional processes and lithologic characteristics
•  Paleontology
• Geometry
• Associated facies
•  Diagnostic evidence
• Seismic
• Wireline logs
• Cores
• Braided streams
• General introduction
• Depositional processes and lithologic characteristics
• Paleontology
• Geometry
•  Associated facies
•  Diagnostic evidence
• Seismic
•  Wireline logs
•  Cores
• Basic reservoir characteristics
• Meandering channel alluvial systems
• General introduction
•  Depositional processes and lithologic characteristics
•  Paleontology
•   Geometry
• Associated facies
• Diagnostic evidence
• Seismic
• Wireline logs
• Cores
•  Reservoir characteristics
• Aeolian environment
• General introduction
•  Depositional processes and lithologic characteristics
•  Paleontology
• Geometry
•  Associated facies
•  Diagnostic evidence
• Seismic
• Wireline logs
• Cores
• Reservoir characteristics
• The Lacustrine environment
• General introduction
• General characteristics of the lacustrine environment