Physical Principles of Sedimentary Basin Analysis

ISBN-13: 9780521761253 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 544 str.

Magnus Wangen

Opis

A user-friendly, thorough introduction to quantitative modelling of sedimentary basins, illustrated throughout with real-world examples, applications and test exercises.

Recenzje

'… I recommend this book to all specialists in sedimentary geology (and, particularly, basin analysis), geophysics, tectonics … a new significant contribution to the understanding of the complex Earth dynamics. Well done!' The Sedimentary Record

Spis treści

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Preliminaries; 2. Properties of porous media; 3. Linear elasticity and continuum mechanics; 4. Compressibility of rocks and sediments; 5. Burial histories; 6. Heat flow; 7. Subsidence; 8. Rheology: fracture and flow; 9. Flexure of the lithosphere; 10. Gravity and gravity anomalies; 11. Quartz cementation of sandstones; 12. Overpressure and compaction: exact solutions; 13. Fluid flow: basic equations; 14. Fluid flow: examples; 15. Wells; 16. Appendix: Fourier series, the discrete Fourier transform and the fast Fourier transform; References; Index.