Thrustbelts: Structural Architecture, Thermal Regimes and Petroleum Systems

by Michal Nemcok, Steven Schamel, Rod Gayer

Book Overview

Thrustbelts are likely to be productive sources of hydrocarbons well into the future. Many new technical tools are enabling new discoveries, or the more efficient recovery of known reserves. The authors provide a comprehensive account of thrust systems, including orogenic thrustbelts, transpressional ranges and accretionary prisms and discuss both thin-skin thrust systems and thick-skin inversion structures. The book includes major sections on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521110432
• ISBN13: 9780521110433
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 556 Pages
• Weight: 2.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.3" x 11.0"