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14 - Models of Source Rock Distribution, Maturation, and Expulsion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2025

Michal Nemčok ,
Anthony G. Doré ,
Andreas Henk  and
Helen Doran
Michal Nemčok
Affiliation:
RM Geology
Anthony G. Doré
Affiliation:
Statoil (UK) Ltd.
Andreas Henk
Affiliation:
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Helen Doran
Affiliation:
Ola Geoscience
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Summary

This chapter starts with a review of the knowledge about petroleum generation, and its controlling mechanisms and factors. Then it follows with expulsion and its controlling mechanisms and factors. Subsequent discussion focuses on source rock richness and maturity characterization. The main portion of the chapter deals with source rocks in strike-slip terrains and transform margin settings, providing a number of worldwide examples.

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source rockmaturationexpulsionsource rock richnesskerogen typesource rock maturity
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Strike-Slip Terrains and Transform Margins
Structural Architecture, Thermal Regimes and Petroleum Systems
 , pp. 445 - 512
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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