Subject Code: ES5L401	Subject Name:  Reservoir Characterization	L-T-P:  3-0-0	Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s):  Nil
Processes controlling stratification- physical, chemical and biological. Classification of bedding; Basis of stratification; Types and recognition of stratification; Stratification and rock sequence; Breaks in record; Sequence Stratigraphy for Reservoir Characterization, key concepts of sequence stratigraphy, transgressions and regressions. Sequence stratigraphic surfaces, types of stratal terminations. Basic Principles and Applications of Reservoir Characterization,   Tools and Techniques for Oil and Gas Reservoirs Characterization, Geologic Controls on Reservoir Quality, Reservoir characterization in different depositional environment (Fluvial, Eolian, Non-Deltaic, Deltaic and Deepwater).  Text/ Reference Books: 1.  Andew D. Miall, The Geology of Stratigraphic Sequences, Springer. 2.  Roger M. Slatt, Stratigraphic reservoir characterization for petroleum geologists,    geophysicists, and engineers, Elsevier Science, Volume 10. 3.  Sam Boggs Jr., Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Prentice Hall.