The Monterey Formation
The Monterey Formation

Author: Caroline M. Isaacs

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 9780231105859

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Provides an extraordinary case study of a classic marine petroleum system in the prolific oil basins of California. Based on results from the Cooperative Monterey Organic Chemistry Study, the volume examines paleoenvironmental conditions, organic-matter deposition, source-rock characteristics, thermal maturation, and oil generation in the Monterey Formation.

Phosphate Deposits of the World: Volume 3, Neogene to Modern Phosphorites
Phosphate Deposits of the World: Volume 3, Neogene to Modern Phosphorites

Author: P. J. Cook

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 9780521333702

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Marine phosphorites, the principal raw material for phosphatic fertilizers, do not occur uniformly through time and space. The origin of these unusual sedimentary rocks appears to be related mainly to marine biological productivity, often associated with upwelling currents during certain intervals of geological time. This book examines the environmental setting and resulting phosphorites which formed during the Miocene, one of the major and most recent phosphogenic periods throughout the geologic record. In addition, an oceanographic perspective is given by investigations of modern oceanic environments where phosphorites are presently forming. Together, the geologic and marine approaches provide a complete outlook on this important mineral resource. This book is the third of four reference volumes which together cover the achievements of the International Geological Correlation Programme Project 156 (Phosphorites) during the ten years of the project's existence.

Organic Geochemistry in Petroleum Exploration
Organic Geochemistry in Petroleum Exploration

Author: L. Mattavelli

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 1206

ISBN-13: 1483294145

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This volume presents the most significant papers given during the 13th International Meeting in Organic Geochemistry. The intention of the publication is to provide the scholars of this science with its state-of-the-art and recent papers not only in academic research but above all in practical applications. Several papers attest to an increased use of organic geochemistry not only in the oil industry, during all phases of petroleum exploration, but also in the other research areas of coal origin and structure, metallogeny, sedimentology, molecular palaeontology, biochemistry and pollution.

Diagenesis, II
Diagenesis, II

Author: G.V. Chilingarian

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 1988-12-01

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 0080869572

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Diagenesis is a highly developed, interdisciplinary field of study. It is reciprocal in that it borrows from numerous scientific or technological specialities and then, in turn, repays them with useful results. Too often, however, the information gained and concepts developed remain unintegrated instead of being utilized quickly by several related earth-science fraternities. This volume, the second of a multi-volume work, attempts to bring together such information, thereby assisting the individual and the research group in keeping up with the data explosion. There is no end in sight to diagenetic research because of its wide practical and intellectual appeals. Consequently, periodic reviews, such as presented in this volume, are greatly needed.