Short courses may be run either at PRIS or at the clients' premises. Practical and field components are integrated into these courses as appropriate. The cost of these courses depends on their exact content and the number of participants. These courses are available to professionals in the petroleum and other extractive industries, the water industry, and environmental organisations who wish to develop their expertise in specific aspects of sedimentology and hydrogeology and their applications. These courses are taught at MSc standard, being part of the MSc courses in Sedimentology and its Applications , and Hydrogeology and Groundwater Chemistry .
All courses consist of lectures with practical work, seminars and field visits as appropriate.
The content of each course is continually updated to reflect the latest developments in sedimentological research and practice. Mineralogy and classification of sandstones, mudrocks and carbonates. Diagenesis in carbonates and sandstones. This course is particularly suitable for production geologists. Origin and properties of sediment grains.