Quantitative Methods
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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.
Table of Contents
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 Sediment Loading Models
Appendix
Chapter 11 Sensitivity Analysis
I. Précis of Integrated Model
II. Simulation Models
III. Methodology of Sensitivity Analysis
IV. Applications and Case Histories
Epilogue
References
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 576
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 1989
- Published: December 28, 1989
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780323145473