Product Information
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 (R) and Octave. Main equations are derived from first principles, and their basic solutions are 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139781108446969
eBay Product ID (ePID)20046590771
Product Key Features
Number of Pages544 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePhysical Principles of Sedimentary Basin Analysis
Publication Year2018
SubjectGeography & Geosciences, Geology, Physics
TypeTextbook
AuthorMagnus Wangen
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height245 mm
Item Weight970 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMagnus Wangen