Thermal History of Sedimentary Basins : Methods and Case Histories /
This volume presents the reader with the theory, methods of study, and applications of the major organic and inorganic indicators used to determine thermal history. Topics include: molecular and bulk organic indicators or thermal maturity, chemical thermometers in subsurface waters, fluid inclusions...
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
1989.
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Table of Contents:
- From the contents: Thermal History of Sedimentary Basins
- Introduction and Overview
- Thermal Conductivity of Sedimentary Rocks
- The Reaction of Organic Matter to Progressive Geological Heating
- Molecular Thermal Maturity Indicators in Oil and Gas Source Rocks
- Temperature and Time in the Thermal Maturation of Sedimentary Organic Matter
- Chemical Geothermometers and their Application to Formation Waters
- Paleotemperatures from Fluid Inclusions
- The Thermal Transformation of Smectite to Illite
- 40 AR/39 AR Thermochronology of Sedimentary Basins Using Detrital Feldspars
- The Application of Fission-track Dating to the Depositional and Thermal History of Rocks in Sedimentary Basins
- Apatite Fission-track Analysis as a Paleotemperature Indicator for Hydrocarbon Exploration
- Significance of Combined Vitrinite Reflectance and Fission-track Studies in Evaluating Thermal History of Sedimentary Basins
- Estimating the Thickness of Sediment Removed at an Uncomformity Using Vitrinite Reflectance Data
- A Finite Element Model of the Subsidence and Thermal Evolution of Extensional Basins
- A Simulator for the Computation of Paleotemperatures During Basin Evolution
- Thermal Evolution of Laramide-Style Basins
- Thermal and Hydrocarbon Maturation Modeling of the Pismo and Santa Maria Basins, Coastal California.