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© The University of Trinidad & Tobago Page 1 of 8
Sept/Dec 2013 Final Examinations
GEOL1002
FINAL ASSESSMENT/EXAMINATIONS SEPT/DEC 2013
Course Code and Title: GEOL1002 – Introduction to Petroleum Geoscience
Date and Time: December 9, 2013 – 9:00am to 12:00noon Duration: 3 hours
PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU BEGIN THIS
EXAMINATION
Instructions to Candidates
1. This paper has 8 pages and 4 Sections. 2. This is a closed book examination. 3. All questions in this examination are compulsory, and students are required to attempt
all. 4. For the multiple choice questions, please tick your answer clearly on the question paper. 5. Those questions which require completion of blank areas or boxes, please write your
answer clearly in the boxes on the question paper. 6. Please attach the question paper to your answer booklet.
7. Write your student I.D. on the question paper, as they contain your marked answers for multiple choice and short answer questions.
Key Examination Protocol
1. Students please note that academic dishonesty (or cheating) includes but is not limited to
plagiarism, collusion, falsification, replication, taking unauthorised notes or devices into
an examination, obtaining an unauthorised copy of the examination paper,
communicating or trying to communicate with another candidate during the examination,
and being a party to impersonation in relation to an examination.
2. The above mentioned and any other actions which compromise the integrity of the
academic evaluation process will be fully investigated and addressed in accordance with
UTT’s academic regulations.
3. Please be reminded that speaking without the Invigilator’s permission is NOT allowed.
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Sept/Dec 2013 Final Examinations
GEOL1001
SECTION 2 - PLATE TECTONICS
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS (20 marks)
1. Draw diagrams of the three (3) main plate boundaries associated with geodynamic movement of the Earth’s crust. (12 marks)
2. Describe the deformation mechanism found in the zones illustrated in the two
boxed areas shown in the diagram below? (8 marks)
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Sept/Dec 2013 Final Examinations
GEOL1001
SECTION 3 - STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS (30 marks)
1. Define the following: (a) normal fault, (b) slickensides striations, (c) mylonite, (d) horst and graben, (e) overfold. (5 marks)
2. Briefly describe the mechanism of overthrust folding. (5 marks)
3. Draw cross sections of an anticline, labelling the fold hinge, fold limbs, fold axis, and the axial plane. (8 marks)
4. How does metamorphic foliation develop? (8 marks) 5. Comment on the role of differential stress in formation of phyllite and schist.
(4 marks)
SECTION 4 - HYDROCARBONS, TRAPS AND SEALS
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS (30 marks)
1. Why is petroleum thought to have an organic origin? (5 marks) 2. What is the application of vanKrevelen’s diagram in petroleum geochemistry? (2 marks) 3. Define the following: (a) oil window, (b) catagenesis (4 marks) 4. How do anticlinal traps develop? (4 marks) 5. Comment on the importance of micro-fractures in the migration of oil and gas. (10 marks) 6. How does pore throat size influence expulsion efficiency of hydrocarbon
molecule from shale source rock? (5 marks)
THE END OF THIS EXAMINATION