Geol.705 BASIN ANALYSIS (3 C.H.)
The foundation of sedimentary basins: basin in their plate tectonic environment, lithospheric mechanics, the mechanics of sedimentary basin formation: basin due to lithospheric stretching, basin due to flexure, basin associated with strike-slip deformation, the sedimentary basin fill, control on basin stratigraphy: depositional style, evolution of the basin fill: subsidence history, thermal history, application to petroleum play assessment: the petroleum play, quatification of undiscovered potential.
Books recommended:- Basin analysis: principles and applications by Allen, P.A., Allen, J.R., 2005. Wiley- Blackwell.
- Principles of sedimentary basin analysis by A.D. Miall, Springer-Verlag, 1984.
- Foreland basins by P.A.Allen and P. Homewood, 1986, Blackwell.
- Basin analysis: principles and applications by P.A. Allen and J.R. Allen, 1990, Blackwell.
- Geologic basins I and II, N.H. Foster and E.A. Beaumont, 1987, Amer. Assoc. Petroleum
- Geologists Treatise of Petroleum Geologists Treatise of Petroleum Geology, Reprint Series I and II.