Plate tectonics and hydrocarbon accumulation
A short-course notebook dealing with the proposition that plate tectonics affords a coherent logic for the analysis of basin evolution is presented. The course is based on the following concepts: 1) The development of a sedimentary basin, in the sense of an accumulated prism of strata, requires subsidence of the basin floor, or uplift of confining basin margins; 2) Although the formal postulates of plate tectonics focus especially on the lateral motions of the plates, vertical motions of magnitudes sufficient to form sedimentary basins are equally inherent in the scheme and plate interactions also induce the uplift of mountainous belts from which most clastic sediment is derived; and 3) Valuable insights into overall processes can be gained from a general consideration of various plate tectonic settings. These concepts and their relationship to hydrocarbon accumulation are detailed.
- OSTI ID:
- 6707059
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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