Thermal evolution of sedimentary basin formation with variable thermal conductivity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 265-268

  Starin, L ^a   Yuen, D A ^b   Bergeron, Stephen Y ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON GENERATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

SEDIMENTARY BASIN FORMATION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

GEOPHYSICS;

EID: 0034353158     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL008417     Document Type: Article

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