Wangen, Magnus

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.

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