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Informing decision-making and training in subsurface industries

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Submitting institution

University of Aberdeen

Unit of assessment

7 - Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences

Summary impact type

Technological

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Underpinning research subjects

Geochemistry
Geology
Geophysics

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Grant funding

Grant number	Value of grant
RG14384	£62,691
RG15528	£11,000
RG11703	£93,215
RGA1713	£36,436
RBZ0193	£10,705

Countries

United Kingdom

Formal partners

ConocoPhillips
Rose and Associates
Total E & P
Agile Geoscience
Midland Valley Exploration
Texas A & M University

Funding programmes

Visualising and Interpreting Sub-Surface Image Data
Structural interpretation uncertainty
Improving Interpretation Outcomes: quantifying biases and designing workflows for better seismic interpretation
Uncertainty in expert interpretation of geological cross-sections and its propagation into 3D geological framework models
LEARNING FROM EXPERTS - THE INTERPRETATION OF SEISMIC DATA. TEACHING AND LEARNING GRANT

Name of funders

Royal Society of Edinburgh Scotland Foundation
NAGRA (Swiss Nuclear Waste Body)
NERC
BGS-BUFI NERC
Scottish Higher Education Funding Council

Researcher ORCIDs

0000-0003-1442-2901