Fluid Flow in Sedimentary Basins and Aquifers (Geological Society Special Publication 34)

Cover (small)......Page 1
Front matter......Page 2
Fluid Flow in Sedimentary Basins and Aquifers......Page 4
ISBN 0-632-01804-6......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
Section 1: Fluid Flow in Compacting Basins......Page 12
Fluid flow in sedimentary basins: a geologist's perspective......Page 14
Fluid flow due to sediment loading an application to the Arabian
Gulf region......Page 30
Section 2: Fluid Flow in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin......Page 40
Dynamic basin analysis: an integrated approach with large data
bases......Page 42
Post-Palaeocene evolution of regional groundwater flow systems
and their relation to petroleum accumulations, Taber Area,
southern Alberta, Canada......Page 56
Some aspects of the thermal regime and hydrodynamics of the
western Canadian sedimentary basin......Page 90
Ancient fluid flow within foreland terrains......Page 98
Section 3: Fluid Flow in United Kingdom Groundwater Basins......Page 114
Regional groundwater flow in sedimentary basins in the U.K.......Page 116
Fluid flow and diagenesis in the East Midlands Triassic sandstone
aquifer......Page 138
Fluid flow in the Chalk of England......Page 152
Thermal aspects of the East Midlands aquifer system......Page 168
Section 4: Fluid Flow in Low Permeability and Fractured Media......Page 182
The role of low-permeability rocks in regional flow......Page 184
Flow and flow mechanisms in crystalline rock......Page 196
The flow of water and displacement of hydrocarbons in fractured
chalk reservoirs......Page 212
Index......Page 230
Back cover......Page 242