ISBN: 1000000040103
Thermal histories of sedimentary basins are critical sources of scientific and practical information. They provide us with windows into past and present tectonic processes and the configuration of the crust and mantle. Using records of present and past temperature distributions, we can identify and constrain interpretations of tectonic events, distinguish different basin types and interpret pathways of fluid flow. These insights can be used calibrate basin and petroleum system models and to interpret and predict the distribution of minerals and petroleum, diagenesis and reservoir quality, and the geomechanical properties of rock units. This volume summarizes the current state of the art for many modern approaches used to estimate paleotemperature. Many techniques are now available based on both organic and inorganic components in the rock. Even techniques that are now many years old, such as apatite fission track analysis, have undergone significant advances in the past decade. This volume provides comprehensive reviews of the fundamental science underpinning each method and the basic principles used to interpret data, as well as case studies illustrating practical applications and the complexity of paleotemperature interpretation. Geoscientists from all sectors will find this volume to be a valuable resource in their work.
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Introduction
Nicholas B. Harris and Kenneth E. Peters
Criteria to Determine Borehole Formation Temperatures for Calibration of Basin Models
Kenneth E. Peters and Philip H. Nelson
Molecular indicators of geothermal history
Clifford C. Walters, Paul G. Lillis, and Kenneth E. Peters
Stable Hydrogen Isotopes of Isoprenoids and n-Alkanes as a Proxy for Estimating the Thermal History of Sediments through Geological Time
Ercin Maslen, Kliti Grice, Daniel Dawson, Sue Wang and Brian Horsfield
Fluid Inclusion geothermometry in sedimentary systems: From paleoclimate to hydrothermal
Robert H. Goldstein
Thermal history reconstruction in sedimentary basins using apatite ission track analysis and related techniques
Paul F. Green and Ian R. Duddy
Basin thermal history analysis using (U-Th)/He thermochronometry
Richard A. Ketcham
Thermal history analysis of sedimentary basins: An isotopic approach for illitization
Norbert Clauer and Abraham Lerman
Application of gas isotopes to the thermal history analysis of basins
Xinyu Xia and Yongchun Tang
Evaluation of the thermal regime in the southern Alps during Mesozoic extension: Implications for hydrocarbon exploration in the Po Plain Foredeep
Paolo Scotti and Roberto Fantoni
Paleoburial, hydrocarbon generation and migration in the Cordoba Platform and Vercruz Basin: Insights from fluid inclusion studies and 2D-modelling
Esmerelda Gonzalez, Helga Ferket, Jean-Paul Callot, Nicole Guilhaumou, Salvador Ortuno, and François Roure
Using geochemical analysis to indentify a spatial maturity anomaly—An example from the Upper Rhine graben, Germany
Carolyn Lampe and Lorenz Schwark
Thermal maturation history of Arctic Alaska and southern Canada Basin
David W. Houseknecht, W. Mathew Burns, and Kenneth J. Bird
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