Thermal modeling in sedimentary basins
Temperature history and thermal characteristics are valuable tools in determining a prospect's potential for producing oil and/or gas. This and the fact that most of the world's petroleum originates in fine-grain sedimentary rocks spotlight the importance of Thermal Modeling in Sedimentary Basins. This book deals with the geodynamic evolution of extensional basins, models of crustal radioactivity, lithospheric stretching, and mantellic diapirism and convection. The book also covers mechanisms of heat transfer in sediments, the variation of shale porosity during compaction in hydrostatic and nonhydrostatic cases, heat transfer by convection, and determining convectivity, permeability, and radioactivity in sediments. In addition, there are examples of thermal reconstruction methods in basins and a state-of-the-art review of how to use organic and mineral geochemistry to test those methods.
- OSTI ID:
- 5394729
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ABSTRACTS
CHEMISTRY
DOCUMENT TYPES
EARTH CRUST
EARTH MANTLE
ENERGY TRANSFER
EXPLORATION
GEOCHEMISTRY
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOLOGIC MODELS
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
GEOPHYSICS
HEAT TRANSFER
HYDROSTATICS
LEADING ABSTRACT
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MINERAL RESOURCES
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY
ORGANIC MATTER
PERMEABILITY
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
RADIOACTIVITY
RESOURCES
REVIEWS
ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY BASINS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
SEDIMENTS
SHALES
THERMODYNAMICS