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Postgraduate Masterclasses

The BSRG postgraduate representatives are excited to announce our new masterclass workshop series. This will be a series of skills-based masterclasses aimed to broaden the skill set of postgraduate researchers and early career scientists. Workshops and training sessions will be hosted by academic experts and industry leaders in pure and applied sedimentology. These masterclasses are aimed at postgraduate researchers, but all are welcome!

Upcoming Masterclasses

Applied Virtual Geosciences
Presented by John Howell

Virtual outcrop geology is the application of digital technologies to capture, visualise and analyse geological exposures in three dimensions. Using drone photography, terrestrial photogrammetry, LiDAR and other remote sensing techniques, high-resolution, spatially accurate 3D models of rock outcrops are created. These virtual outcrops enable geologists to investigate sedimentary architecture, stratigraphic relationships, structural features and geological heterogeneity at scales ranging from centimetres to kilometres. They provide quantitative measurements of geological geometries, orientations and spatial relationships, supporting research, teaching and subsurface reservoir characterisation.

Date: Thursday 26th November
Time: 1:00-5:00 pm (GMT)
Location: Microsoft Teams

This workshop will provide an introduction to the fundamentals of virtual geoscience including:

  • Data acquisition with drones photogrammetry and handheld LiDAR

  • Data processing and model building

  • Application of virtual outcrops including

    • Building and delivery of virtual fieldtrips

    • Interpretation, logging  and mapping on virtual outcrops, with special reference to sedimentology

    • Integration of other data such as logs, maps and images

    • Extracting geostatistics from outcrop interpretations

  • Publication and delivery of virtual outcrops and data derived from them

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Please contact the organising BSRG PGR representatives with any queries:

Skye: st4036@hw.ac.uk

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Future workshops will include topics such as:

  • Geothermal

  • Critical minerals and the energy transition

  • Diagenesis and CCS applications

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If you are interested in running a masterclass please contact one of the postgraduate representatives: rose.bainbridge@manchester.ac.uk, drew.brown@manchester.ac.uk, st4036@hw.ac.uk or jennifer.hewitt@bangor.ac.uk

Core Logging and CoreCAD

An introduction to core logging and exploration of its applications presented by Peter Gutteridge, Visiting Lecturer University of Manchester

Date: Postponed (January 2026)
Location: Microsoft Teams

This workshop focuses on the description of carbonates, clastics and evaporites in core and will explore how CoreCAD can be used to create high-quality core logs. CoreCAD is an industry standard software that displays digital core descriptions in a realistic manner. We will discuss the practicality of core logging, and the different types of observations and data collected during core logging. The workshop includes a demonstration of input to CoreCAD showing different examples of core log styles used for different sedimentary facies.

The workshop is timetabled for half a day in two sessions with a 15 minute break. The agenda is as follows:

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  • Introduction to CoreCAD software including core log format and formatting.

  • Input of depth, grain-size, Dunham Classification, lithology, sedimentary structures, grain types, boundaries, integrating thin section data, structural data.

  • Dealing with core quality, recognising geological and non-geological structures in core.

  • Core logging from photographs.

  • Workflow recommendations.

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Examples of core logs, blank logging sheets and training manuals will be made available on a shared site to those who register.

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Please contact the organising BSRG PGS representatives with any queries: rose.bainbridge@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk and drew.brown@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk.
 

Previous Masterclasses, Workshops and Training Courses

We would like to thank all previous workshop organisers and host institutions. If you are interested in hosting a masterclass in the future then please contact our postgraduate representatives.

  • 5th November 2026: Geostatistics for Sedimentologists. What is geostatistics? Why is it useful? And how do we apply it in sedimentological research? presented by Barrie Wells

  • 24 September 2026: Stratigraphic tools and techniques: applications and limitations presented by Gary Nichols

  • 12 February 2026: Carbon capture and storage virtual workshop - led by Dr Jon Noad

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  • ​9 November 2023: Recipe for a good scientific illustration virtual workshop - led by Dr. Charlotte Priddy

  • 31 August - 1 September 2023: Coding, modelling and plotting your data - hosted at the University of Liverpool

  • 10 May 2023: Industry panel and CV virtual event

  • 25 November 2022: Recipe for a successful poster presentation virtual workshop

  • 21 - 22 September 2022: Marine sediment core workshop - hosted at BOSCORF at NOC Southampton

  • 28 October and 17 November 2021: Panel Discussions: How to navigate through your PhD - organised by Marijke de Vet, University of Hull

  • 26 May 2021: How to network online - organised by Dr Catherine Russell, University of Leicester

  • 26 - 27 May 2021: Cryogenian glaciation, the extraordinary Port Askaig record and its comparators (virtual)

  • 15 March 2021: Plastics in the Environment 2021 - hosted at The Geological Society

  • 9 and 11 November 2020: How to write a scientific paper (virtual) - led by Dr Mike Clare

  • 11 - 12 March 2020: An introduction to stratigraphic forward modelling - hosted at the University of Liverpool

  • 17 - 19 February 2020: Palynological applications to sedimentology workshop

  • 8 - 10 September 2017: Core workshop, from core to depositional environments in deep-marine systems

  • 5 - 6 December 2015: Petrophysics short course - hosted at the University of Leicester

  • 7 - 9 November 2015 - Field Safety Leadership Course - hosted at Eastbourne

  • 11 - 12 September 2015: Ichnofabric workshop - hosted at University of Manchester 

  • 14 - 15 June 2014: Seismic interpretation workshop - hosted at Imperial College London 

  • 9 - 10 May 2014: Core workshop and field day, the ultimate carbonate experience - hosted at the British Geological Survey, Keyworth and Wirksworth

  • 21 - 23 March 2013: Deep-water core workshop and field trip - hosted at the British Geological Survey, Keyworth and Castleton, Derbyshire

  • 30 March 2009: Core workshop at the 7th Petroleum Geology Conference - hosted at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London

  • 26 February 2008: Applied ichnology short course, joint with AAPG - hosted at Imperial College, London

  • 26 June 2007: Petrel course in reservoir modelling and the visualisation of geological data - hosted at Imperial College, London

  • 25 May 2004: Contaminated sediments workshop - Manchester Metropolitan University

  • 08 June 2003: Field meeting on alluvial fans joint with BGRG - Sorbas, Almeria, SE Spain

  • 19 May 2003: Wireline log interpretation workshop - hosted at University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  • 06 January 2003: Core workshop - DTI/BGS Core Store, Edinburgh

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