Quantitative Methods

Basin Analysis: Quantitative Methods, Volume 1 discusses the problems of quantitative basin analysis in relation to oil accumulations. This book explains the three primary factors that contribute to oil occurrences. Organized into 11 chapters, this volume starts with an overview of the quantitative methods of reconstructing the burial history of sedimentary material in basins. This text then explores the problem of quantitative reconstruction of the thermal history of sedimentary basins based on both inversion of thermal indicator data and on model-derived heat fluxes. Other chapters integrate the hydrocarbon generation, accumulation, and migration modeling aspects with the burial history and thermal history. This book discusses as well the repercussions of various hydrocarbon models for oil accumulation sites. The final chapter shows how both thermal information and burial history can be combined to determine emplacement, timing, and erosion of geological events. Professional geologists, geophysicists, and petroleum exploration scientist will find this book useful.

Contents of Volume 2 Preface Chapter 1 Introduction I. Burial History II. Thermal History III. Hydrocarbon Generation, Migration, and Accumulation Histories IV. Summary Chapter 2 Basin Evaluation and a Case History I. Basin Evaluation Using Burial History Calculations II. Basin Analysis of the South Mozambique Graben Chapter 3 Inversion of Thermal Indicators: Theory I. Overview and Basic Theory II. A Potpourri of Other Thermal Indicators Appendix A: Vitrinite Reflectance as a Thermal Indicator Appendix B: Residual Track Length Distributions at Deposition Chapter 4 Inversion of Thermal Indicators: Case Histories I. Pollen Translucency and Vitrinite Reflectance: Louisiana II. Apatite Fission Track Distributions: North Sea III. Apatite Fission Track Distributions: Australia IV. Basement Subsidence and Paleoheat Flux: Australia and North Sea Chapter 5 Hydrocarbon Generation Models Chapter 6 Fluid Flow and Compaction: Time-Dependent Models I. The Deposition-Compaction Process II. The Basic Model III. Two Simple Numerical Models IV. Thermochemical, Hydrocarbon Generation, and Saturation Considerations Appendix Chapter 7 Applications of Fluid Flow, Compaction, and Thermal Indicators to Single-Well and Basinal Settings I. The Navarin Basin COST No. 1 Well II . Iwafune-Oki Area, Japan Chapter 8 Paleoheat Flux, Activation Energy, Stratigraphic Age, and Unconformity Determinations from Thermal Indicator Inversions I. Paleoheat Flux and Activation Energy II. Paleoheat Flux and Stratigraphic Age III. Paleoheat Flux and Unconformity Chapter 9 Thermal Indicator Tomography I. Theoretical Considerations II. Applications and Case Histories Chapter 10 Morphologic Development of a Sedimentary Basin: Sea Level Variations and Clastic Sediment Loading Models I. The Rise and Fall of Eustatic Sea Level II. Clastic