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TECTONOPHYSICS
Volume 330, Issue 1-2, Pages 141-151Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00226-2
Keywords
compaction; mineral reaction; viscoelasticity; sedimentary basins; pressure solution
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In modelling sediment compaction and mineral reactions, the rheological behaviour of sediments is typically considered as poroelastic or purely viscous, In fact, compaction due to pressure solution and mechanical processes in porous media is far more complicated. A generalised model of viscoelastic compaction and the smectite to illite mineral reaction in hydrocarbon basins is presented. A one-step dehydration model of the mineral reaction is assumed. The obtained non-linear governing equations are solved numerically and different combinations of physical parameters are used to simulate realistic situations in typical sedimentary basins. Comparison of numerical simulations with real data has shown very good agreement with respect to both the porosity profile and the mineral reaction. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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