A number of minerals are referred to as clay minerals because they predominantly occur in…

A number of elements occur in nature as different isotopes: the atomic number (protons) is…

The composition and physical properties of sedimentary rocks are to a large extent controlled by…

Petroleum geoscience is geology and geophysics applied to petroleum exploration and production. In this book…

In the last 40–50 years we have had a discussion about how long the oil…

Reefs stand up as positive structures and may be draped by mud and form a…

The external geometry of reservoir rocks is largely determined by the depositional environments, but faulting…

Any rock with sufficiently high porosity and permeability may serve as a reservoir rock provided…

Petroleum migrates from low permeability source rocks into high permeability reservoir rocks from which the…

Almost all (>99%) of the organic matter which is produced on land and in the…