On the determination of thermal conductivity of sedimentary rocks and the significance for basin temperature history

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-380

  Fjeldskaar, W ^a,b   Christie, O H J ^c   Midttomme K ^d   Virnovsky, G ^a   Jensen, N B ^a   Lohne, A ^a   Eide, G I ^a   Balling, N ^e  

^a IRIS   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c Information Strategies   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Sedimentary basin; Temperature history; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

BASIN MODELLING; HARMONIC MEAN; HARMONIC MODEL; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON PROSPECTS; JURASSIC; MATRIX; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MIXING LAW MODELS; MODEL-BASED; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOURCE ROCKS; TEMPERATURE HISTORY; TEXTURE EFFECTS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MODEL; THERMAL HISTORY; UPSCALING;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBONS; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GEOMETRY; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOURCE ROCK; TEXTURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL MATURITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 70350354697     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079309-814     Document Type: Article

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