Gulf of Mexico Sedimentary Basin - Depositional Evolution and Petroleum Applications

A comprehensive and richly illustrated overview of the Gulf of Mexico Basin, including its reservoirs, source rocks, tectonics and evolution.

List of contents

Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction: tectonic and stratigraphic framework; Part II. Mesozoic Depositional Evolution: 2. Post-orogenic successor basin-fill and rifting phase; 3. Middle Mesozoic drift and cooling phase; 4. Late Mesozoic local tectonic and crustal heating phase; Part III. Cenozoic Depositional Evolution: 5. Cenozoic depositional history 1: Paleogene laramide phase; 6. Cenozoic depositional history 2: Middle Cenozoic geothermal phase; 7. Cenozoic depositional history 3: Neogene tectono-climatic phase; 8. Cenozoic depositional synthesis; Part IV. Petroleum Habitat: 9. Gulf of Mexico petroleum habitat; Glossary; References; Index.

About the author

John W. Snedden is a senior research scientist at the Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas, Austin. He directs the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis project, an industry research consortium investigating the depositional history of the Gulf of Mexico. Previously, he worked in the oil industry for over twenty-five years.William E. Galloway is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geological Sciences and a research professor at the Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas, Austin. He co-authored the reference book, Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Systems (1983) and founded the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis project.

Summary

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Gulf of Mexico Basin, including its reservoirs, source rocks, tectonics and evolution. Illustrated in color, it is an invaluable resource for petroleum industry professionals, and students and researchers interested in basin analysis, sedimentology, stratigraphy, tectonics and petroleum geology.

Product details

• Authors: William E. Galloway, William E. (University of Texas Galloway, Galloway William E., John W. Snedden, John W. (University of Texas Snedden
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108419024
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41902-4
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Petroleum, NATURE / Rocks & Minerals, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, NATURE / Fossils, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Soil & Rock, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism, Rocks, minerals & fossils, Energy industries & utilities, Volcanology & seismology, Soil science, sedimentology, Rocks, minerals and fossils: general interest, Petroleum, oil and gas industries, Volcanology and seismology, Sedimentology and pedology, Stratigraphy, Soil & rock mechanics, Soil and rock mechanics