Basin Analysis. Principles and Applications
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Author(s): P. A. Allen and J. R. Allen
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
ISBN: 0632052074
Format: softback
549pp
Price: £37.50
Review Date: 25 January 2005
Review: Basin analysis is the integrated study of sedimentary basins as geodynamic entities. This geodynamic system involving basin development also includes the process of rock exhumation, erosion and sediment transportation in the source terrains of sedimentary basins. This advanced undergraduate textbook book presents an overview of the essential processes of formation and evolution of sedimentary basins, and their implications for the development of hydrocarbon resources. This new edition is updated and takes into account the new data, new technology and new concepts in the field. There are new chapters on the effect of mantle dynamics and on the erosional engine for sediment delivery to basins.