Research Catalog

Title

Basin analysis : principles and applications / Philip A. Allen, John R. Allen.

Author

Allen, P. A.

Publication

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub, c2005.

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Additional Authors

Allen, John R. (John Richard), 1953-

Description

ix, 549 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"Basin Analysis is an up-to-date overview of the essential processes of the formation and evolution of sedimentary basins, and their implications of the development of hydrocarbon resources. Since the first edition of this important and popular text, there has been an explosion of new data, new technology, and new concepts in the field. This new edition takes account of these developments while retaining the successful structure and philosophy of the original text." "This book is essential reading for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professional earth scientists interested in basin analysis and petroleum geology."--Jacket.

Subject

• Petroleum > Geology
• Sedimentary basins

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-531) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Basins in their plate tectonic environment -- The physical state of the lithosphere -- Basins due to lithospheric stretching -- Basins due to flexure -- Effects of mantle dynamics -- Basins associated with strike-slip deformation -- The sediment routing system -- Basin stratigraphy -- Subsidence and thermal history -- The petroleum play.

ISBN

0632052074 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004005965

OCLC

54817079

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Harvard Library