Supervisors
Main supervisor: Miriana Chinello, UiB-GEO
Co-supervisor: Matteo Demurtas, UiB-GEO
Co-supervisor: Atle Rotevatn, UiB-GEO
Project description
This project aims to characterize how coal entrainments influence (i) the style of deformation of faults and deformation bands, and (ii) the porosity and permeability properties of fault rocks. The study will integrate:
- Structural characterization of previously sampled cores from offshore fields along the NCS and North Sea;
- Microstructural analysis of faulted reservoir rocks and coal using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and cathodoluminescence;
- Porosity quantification through image analysis techniques.
Based on the student's interest and work, there will be the possibility to expand the analytical approach to include mineralogical and chemical characterization (XRPD, Raman) of host rock and deformed samples.
Through this Master’s project, the student will learn how to address a geological research question using a multidisciplinary approach and will gain hands-on experience with a range of versatile laboratory-based techniques widely applied in structural geology and reservoir characterization.
The student taking on the project will ideally have an interest in structural geology and microscopy. Knowledge/interest of regional geology in the North Sea and NCS will be an advantage.
Field-, lab- and analysis work
Microstructural characterization coal entrainments within fault and deformation bands in siliciclastic reservoir rocks will form the core of the thesis’ work and will be complemented by porosity quantification of host rock and fault/deformation band samples.
Proposed course plan during the master's degree (60 ECTS)
