Future Advances in Basin Modeling Suggestions from Current Observations, Analyses, and Simulations

• Other Authors: Fjeldskaar, Willy (Editor), Cathles, Lawrence (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; normal faulting; sill intrusions; transient thermal effects; steady state; basin modeling; volcanic basins; salt; thermal modeling; source rock maturation; petroleum system; salt structures; modeling principles; geohistory evolution; temperature effects; conductivity effects on maturation; multiscale/multiphysics basin modeling; thermo-hydro-mechanical model; isostatic adjustment; computer simulations; finite element method; basin modelling; hydro-mechanical coupling; passive margins; rock failure; Glaciations; isostasy; flexural stress; faults; hydrocarbon migration; magmatic intrusions; diagenesis; stress; porosity; permeability; stress modeling; fracture seismic; fracture connectivity; fracture mapping; passive seismic; sedimentary basins; fluid flow; capillary seals; chemical alteration; resources; chalk; compaction; water weakening; rock-fluid interaction; modelling; crustal well-core poroperm; crustal fluid flow; crustal flow channeling; critical state physics; well-log spectral scaling; crustal power law scaling; lognormal; pink noise; crustal fracture seismics; crustal fracture imaging; hydrogen economy; natural hydrogen vents; Sao Francisco Basin; pulsing gas emission; atmospheric pressure tides; native hydrogen; H2 exploration; gas seeps; H2 venting; radiolysis; serpentinization; draining faults; intra-cratonic basin; diurnal hydrogen gas venting; earth tides; crustal sills; hydrocarbon and mineral resources; direct inversion method of fault slip analysis; paleo tectonic principal stress orientations; west-central New Hampshire; n/a
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This volume describes the nature, causes, and consequences of the diverse fluid movements that produce energy and mineral resources in sedimentary basins. The contained papers point to new capabilities in basin analysis methods and models. The processes that operate in the resource-producing thermo-chemical-structural reactors we call sedimentary basins are reviewed. Efficient ways to infer the tectonic history of basins are described. Impacts on hydrocarbon maturation and migration of glacial tilting, magmatic intrusion, salt migration, and fracturing are illustrated. The conditions under which subsurface flow will channel with distance traveled are identified. Seismic methods that can image and map subsurface permeability channels are described. The surface maturation, surface charge, and chemical reaction foundations of creep subsidence are set forth. Dynamic aspects of the hydrogen resource in basins are analyzed. There is much that is new that is presented in these papers with the intent of stimulating thinking and enthusiasm for the advances that will be made in future decades.