Lithosphere Dynamics and Sedimentary Basins of the Arabian Plate and Surrounding Areas. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Roure, Fran?cois
• Contents: Foreword; Contents; About the Editors; Summary of Former Activities of the ILP Task Force on Sedimentary Basins and Perspectives; Scientific Topics Addressed in this Book; Acknowledgements; Acknowledgements; Editorial; Lithosphere Architecture; 1 Crustal and Upper Mantle Structures Beneath the Arabian Shield and Red Sea; Abstract; Introduction; Seismotectonics and Seismic Structures; Methodology; Data Collection and Validation; Teleseismic Travel Time Tomography; Receiver Functions; Teleseismic Shear Wave Splitting; Regional and Far-Regional Surface Wave Modeling; Data Analysis and Results. Teleseismic Travel Time TomographyResolution Tests; Modeling of Surface Wave Dispersion; Mantle Anisotropy from Shear-Wave Splitting; Discussion and Conclusions; Crustal Structures; Acknowledgments; References; Reservoirs, Conduits and Fluids; 2 Architectural and Hydraulic Characteristics of Fault Zones in the Mesozoic Carbonate Formations of Central and Eastern Saudi Arabia; Abstract; Introduction; Stratigraphic Setting; Lithostratigraphic Sequences; Unconformities; Stratigraphic Seals; Structural Setting; Hydrogeologic Setting; Hydrocarbon Systems; Pressure and Thermal Regimes and Systems. Pressure Regimes and SystemsOverpressure Generation Mechanisms; Spatial Distribution of Overpressures; Thermal Regimes; Anomalies in the Pressure and Thermal Systems; An Integrated Thermo-Pressure Model; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 3 Optimal Aquifers and Reservoirs for CCS and EOR in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: An Overview; Abstract; Introduction; Geological Setting; Water Dominant Sector (Non-Hydrocarbon Prolific Area); Hydrocarbon Dominant Sector; Long Term CO2 Sequestration; Climatic Implications and Economic Perspectives; Discussion; Conclusions; References. 4 Tectonostratigraphic Study of Carbonate Breccias (Calciturbidites) in the Upper Triassic Baluti Formation (Northern Iraq): New Insights on Tethyan GeodynamicsAbstract; Introduction; Geologic Setting; Characteristics of the Breccias; Facies Associations; FA1 Hemipelagic Turbidites; FA2 Debris Flow; FA3 Slump Turbidite/Debrites; Interpretation of Depositional Model; Slope Turbidites/Hemipelagic System; FA2 Debris Flow System; FA3 Slump Turbidite/Debrites System; Tectonogentic/Diagenetic Relationships; Insights on Geodynamics; Upper Permian-Lower Triassic (Start Opening of the Neo-Tethys). Middle Triassic-Upper Triassic (Carnian-Norian) (Extensional Tectonics)Upper Triassic, Rhaetian (Progressive Extensional Stage, Carbonate Ramp); Conclusion; References; Tectonic Styles: From Rifts and Salt Tectonics to Foreland Inversions and Thrust Tectonics; 5 Structural and Stratigraphic Architecture of the Corinth Rift (Greece): An Integrated Onshore to Offshore Basin-Scale Synthesis; Abstract; Introduction; Geodynamic Setting; Pre-rift Fabrics and Rift Pattern; Onshore Stratigraphic Architecture; Updated Syn-rift Description; Age Model; Offshore Seismic Stratigraphy; Upper Group.
• Publisher Details: Cham, SWITZERLAND : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (211)
• Subjects: 550; Earth sciences; Lithosphere; Sedimentary basins -- Arabian Peninsula; Lithosphere; Sedimentary basins; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Mineralogy; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Sedimentology & Stratigraphy; Science -- Energy; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Mineralogy & gems; Soil science, sedimentology; Fossil fuel technologies; Natural disasters; Geology, Structural; Mineral resources; Sedimentology; Geology; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Geological surface processes (geomorphology); Arabian Peninsula; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3319447262; 9783319447261
• Related ISBNs: 3319447254
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