Geothermics in Basin Analysis

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
High-Resolution Temperature Logs in a Petroleum Setting: Examples and Applications....Pages 1-34
Problems and Potential of Industrial Temperature Data from a Cratonic Basin Environment....Pages 35-59
Present Heat Flow Along a Profile Across the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: The Extent of Hydrodynamic Influence....Pages 61-79
Regional-Scale Geothermal and Hydrodynamic Regimes in the Alberta Basin: A Synthesis....Pages 81-98
Basin-Scale Groundwater Flow and Advective Heat Flow: An Example from the Northern Great Plains....Pages 99-116
Thermal Insulation by Low Thermal Conductivity Shales: Implications for Basin-Scale Fluid Flow and Heat Transport....Pages 117-130
Temperature and Maturity Effects of Magmatic Underplating in the Gjallar Ridge, Norwegian Sea....Pages 131-149
Combining Tectonics and Thermal Fields in Taranaki Basin, New Zealand....Pages 151-176
Thermal History of a Deep Well in the Michigan Basin: Implications for a Complex Burial History....Pages 177-202
Rising Mud Diapirs and Their Thermal Anomalies....Pages 203-218
Effect of Oil and Gas Saturation on Simulation of Temperature History and Maturation....Pages 219-235
Back Matter....Pages 237-241