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Petroleum geology; a concise study
- Title
- Petroleum geology; a concise study [by] Richard E. Chapman.
- Author
- Chapman, Richard E.
- Publication
- Amsterdam, New York, Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., 1973.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | TN870.5 .C445 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 304 pages illustrations; 23 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographies.
- Contents
- SEDIMENTARY BASINS: Accumulation of sediment -- Transgressions and regressions -- Lithological associations in sedimentary basins -- Classification of sedimentary basins -- A SYNOPSIS OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY: Geological inference -- Petroleum geology -- Geophysics -- COMPACTION OF SEDIMENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES: Compaction of sediments -- Fluids -- The geology of abnormal fluid pressures -- Drilling through zones of abnormal pressures -- Tectonic loading of sediments -- GROWTH STRUCTURES: Definitions and terminology -- Growth faults -- Growth anticlines -- Causes of growth structures -- DIAPIRS AND DIAPIRISM: Diapirs -- Diapirism -- THE GENERATION AND MIGRATION OF PETROLEUM: Origin of oil -- Primary migration -- Secondary migration -- Note on clay diagenesis and primary migration -- TOWARDS A SYNTHESIS: Deformation of sedimentary basins -- Initial diastrophism in Southeast Asia -- Transgressive sequences -- DRILLING HOLES IN THE GROUND: Cable tool drilling -- Rotary drilling -- Deviated or directional drilling -- THE LOGGING OF BOREHOLES: The principles of electrical logging -- Fluid pressures from wire-line logs -- CORRELATION AND COMPILATION: Resume of subsurface geologic methods -- FAULTS AND STRATIGRAPHIC HIATUS: Faults and hiatus.
- ISBN
- 0444411178
- 9780444411174
- LCCN
- 72097426
- OCLC
- ocm00810162
- 810162
- SCSB-293161
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library