TY  - BOOK
AU  - Allen,P.A
AU  - Allen,John R.
TI  - Basin analysis: principles and applications 
SN  - 0632052074
AV  - QE571 .A45 2005
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Malden, MA, Oxford
PB  - Blackwell Publishing
KW  - Sedimentary basins
KW  - Petroleum
KW  - Geology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [495]-531) and index; Preface to second edition; PART 1 THE FOUNDATIONS OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS; Basins in their plate tectonic environment; Summary; Compositional zonation of the Earth; Rheological zonation of the Earth; Plate motion; Classification schemes of sedimentary basins; The physical state of the lithosphere; Summary; Stress and strain; Heat flow: conduction and convection; Gravity and isostasy; Rock rheology; PART 2 THE MECHANICS OF SEDIMENTARY BASIN FORMATION; Basins due to lithospheric stretching; Summary; Introduction to rifts, failed rifts, and passive continental margins; Geological and geophysical observations in regions of continental extension; Introduction to models of continental extension; Uniform stretching of the continental lithosphere; Modifications to the uniform stretching model; A dynamic approach to lithospheric extension; Mantle plumes and igneous activity associated with continental extension; Estimation of the stretch factor and strain rate history; Basins due to flexure; Summary; Basic observations in regions of lithospheric flexure; Flexure of the lithosphere: geometry of the deflection; Flexural rigidity of the oceanic and continental lithosphere; Lithospheric buckling; The dynamics of orogenic wedges; The modeling of foreland basins; Effects of mantle dynamics; Summary; Fundamentals and observations; Dynamic topography; Basins associated with strike-slip deformation; Summary; Overview; The structural pattern of strike--slip fault systems; Basins in strike--slip zones; PART 3 THE SEDIMENTARY BASIN-FILL; The sediment routing system; Summary; Introduction; Weathering; Terrestrial sediment and solute yields; Measurements of erosion rates; The functioning of sediment routing systems; Basin stratigraphy; Summary; A primer on process stratigraphy; Stratigraphic cycles: definition and recognition; Driving mechanisms for stratigraphic patterns; Numerical simulation of stratigraphy; Depositional systems; Relation of depositional style to basin setting; Subsidence and thermal history; Summary; Introduction to geohistory analysis; Porosity loss during basin subsidence; Subsidence history and backstripping; Introduction to thermal history; Theory: the Arrhenius equation and maturation indices; Factors influencing temperatures and palaeotemperatures in sedimentary basins; Measurements of thermal maturity in sedimentary basins; Application of thermal maturity measurements; Geothermal and paleogeothermal signatures of basin types; PART 4 APPLICATION TO PETROLEUM PLAY ASSESSMENT; The petroleum play; Summary; From basin analysis to play concept; The petroleum system and play concept; The petroleum charge system; The reservoir; The regional topseal; The trap; References; Index
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