Physical principles of sedimentary basin analysis/
Magnus Wangen
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- xv, 527 p. ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-521) and index.
1. Preliminaries; 2. Properties of porous media; 3. Linear elasticity and continuum mechanics; 4. Compressibility of rocks and sediments; 5. Burial histories; 6. Heat flow; 7. Subsidence; 8. Rheology: fracture and flow; 9. Flexure of the lithosphere; 10. Gravity and gravity anomalies; 11. Quartz cementation of sandstones; 12. Overpressure and compaction: exact solutions; 13. Fluid flow: basic equations; 14. Fluid flow: examples; 15. Wells
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Sedimentary basins. Rock mechanics. Fluid mechanics.