The course textbook is: Malcom Rider and Martin Kennedy, 2011, The Geological Interpretation of Well Logs (third edition), Rider-French Consulting Ltd., Scotland ISBN: 978-0-9541906-8-2
For some Moments, additional reading is required, and in all cases this is available to download as a digital resource from the Stockholm University Library. Information on the required reading is provided at the start of each Moment.
Assignments are, to a large degree, numerical, and some require the student to plot and analyse data. This can be done by hand, but you are strongly encouraged to independently learn and use freely available software. This will enable you to develop practical skills in working with, analyzing and presenting data. Tables and graphs generated using software can easily be imported into a text document to illustrate and support your answers.
You are welcome to use any software that you are familiar with. However, below are a couple of links that some students may find useful. If you choose to use these tools, it is your responsibility to learn them. There are extensive tutorials and help available online – it is simply a matter of looking for it.
LibreOffice is a Free and Open Source office suite that includes several applications that can be of use: Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector graphics and flowcharts), Base (databases), and Math (formula editing).
Veusz is a scientific plotting and graphing package. It is designed to produce publication-ready Postscript or PDF output. SVG, EMF and bitmap export formats are also supported. The program runs under Unix/Linux, Windows or Mac OS X. Data can be read from text, CSV, HDF5 or FITS files. In addition, you can also enter, manipulate or examine data from within the application.