Fundamentals of basin and petroleum systems modeling / Thomas Hantschel, Armin I. Kauerauf.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to basin modeling -- Pore pressure, compaction and tectonics -- Heat flow analysis -- Petroleum generation -- Fluid analysis -- Migration and accumulation -- Risk analysis -- Mathematical methods -- Compaction and flow parameter -- Deviation of the pressure equation -- Analytic groundwater flow solution from Tóth -- One dimensional consolidation solution from Gibson -- Thermal properties -- Analytic solutions to selected heat flow problems -- Petroleum kinetics -- Biomarker -- Component properties -- Methane density -- Compositions and components for Fig. 5.14 -- An analytic solution for the diffusion of methane through a cap rock -- Flowpath bending -- Unit conversions and constants.

"This text contains the first comprehensive presentation of methods and algorithms used in basin modeling. It provides geoscientists and geophysicists with an extensive in-depth view of the theory behind the models."--Jacket.