Wangen, Magnus

Physical principles of sedimentary basin analysis / Magnus Wangen - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010 - xv, 527 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Preliminaries -- 2. Properties of porous media -- 3. Linear elasticity and continuum mechanics -- 4. Compressibility of rocks and sediments -- 5. Burial histories -- 6. Heat flow -- 7. Subsidence -- 8. Rheology: fracture and flow -- 9. Flexure of the lithosphere -- 10. Gravity and gravity anomalies -- 11. Quartz cementation of sandstones -- 12. Overpressure and compaction: exact solutions -- 13. Fluid flow: basic equations -- 14. Fluid flow: examples -- 15. Wells -- 16. Appendix

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Sedimentary basins
Rock mechanics
Fluid mechanics