Physical principles of sedimentary basin analysis / Magnus Wangen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wangen, Magnus, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sedimentary basins.

Rock mechanics.

Fluid mechanics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 527 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presenting a rigorous treatment of the physical and mechanical basis for the modelling of sedimentary basins, this book supplies geoscientists with practical tools for creating their own models. It begins with a thorough grounding in properties of porous media, linear elasticity, continuum mechanics and rock compressibility. Chapters on heat flow, subsidence, rheology, flexure and gravity consider sedimentary basins in the context of the Earth's lithosphere, and the book concludes with coverage of pore space cementation, compaction and fluid flow. The volume introduces basic, state-of-the-art models and demonstrates how to reproduce results using tools like MATLAB and Octave. Main equations are derived from first principles, and their basic solutions obtained and then applied. Separate notes sections supply more technical details, and the text is illustrated throughout with real-world examples, applications and test exercises. This is an accessible introduction to quantitative modelling of basins for graduate students, researchers and oil industry professionals.

Contents:

Preliminaries

Properties of porous media

Linear elasticity and continuum mechanics

Compressibility of rocks and sediments

Burial histories

Heat flow

Subsidence

Rheology: fracture and flow

Flexure of the lithosphere

Gravity and gravity anomalies

Quartz cementation of sandstones

Overpressure and compaction: exact solutions

Fluid flow: basic equations

Wells

Appendix: Fourier series, the discrete Fourier transform and the fast Fourier transform.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-521) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-20800-9

1-283-14944-3

0-511-71320-7

9786613149442

0-511-72252-4

0-511-71445-9

0-511-71237-5

0-511-71182-4

0-511-71570-6

OCLC:

742332739