Mapping lithology and structure — metamorphic sedimentary sequences.
Fold geometry. Regional structural models. Fold history.

Sequence stratigraphy and facies architecture on a 'ramp type' basin margins.
Lithostratigraphic and sequence stratigraphic approaches to the division of rock successions.

Mapping glacial deposits.
Mapping floodplain alluvium and river terrace deposits.
Mapping 'artificial ground' and landslipped ground.

Recognition, description, interpretation and mapping of glacigenic and glacially conditioned sediment-landform assemblages using air photos and 'rapid' walk-over surveying methods.

Introduction to the principles of hydrogeology — water resource and quality.
Groundwater — evaluation techniques, occurrence, flow, protection and pollution.

What is an engineering soil? What is an engineering rock?
Rock and soil description and classification. Description of discontinuities.
Rock mass classification. Weathering.

Seismic data and the identification of sequences.
Review of sedimentary environments within sequences.
Sequence stratigraphy and borehole and field examples.

How to transfer geology from borehole logs to seismic sections.
Seismic reflection theory, geology and the seismic section, interpretation procedures and mapping exercises.