Additional
Reading for Petroleum Geology:
- Harris, P.M., Saller,
A.H., Simo, J.A., (eds.), 1999, Advances in carbonate sequence stratigraphy:
application to reservoirs, outcrops and models, QE471.15.C3 A38 1999.
- Montañez, I.P.,
Gregg, J.M., and Shelton, K.L., (eds.), 1997, Basin-wide diagenetic patterns:
integrated petrologic, geochemical, and hydrologic considerations, QE471 .B327
1997.
- Selley, R.C., 1985, Principles
of Petroleum Geology, 449 p. TN870 .5 .S43 1983 (Replaced by 2nd edition).
- Tissot, B.P. and Welte,
D.H., 1984, Petroleum Formation and Occurrence, 699 p. TN870 .5 .T53 1984.
- Tyson, R.V., Sedimentary
organic matter: organic facies and palynofacies, QE516.5 .T96 1995.
- Waples , D.W., Geochemistry
in petroleum exploration, TN871 .W28 1985.
The books
listed above are all on 3-day reserve at
Polk Library and can be found on their "Traditional
Reserve" page.
Other References
(Not on Reserve)
- Asquith, G., 1982, Basic Well Log Analysis for Geologists, 216 p. TN871
.35 .A778 1982 (The “bible” of well- logging techniques).
- Bjorlykke, K., 1989, Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology, Springer-Verlag,
363p.
- Boggs, S., 2001, Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (3nd ed.),
(Best all- round text on sedimentology and stratigraphy).
- Brooks, J. (ed.), 1990, Classic Petroleum Provinces. Geol. Soc. London Spec.
Publ. 50, 570 p.
- Brooks, J. and Fleet, A.J. (eds.), 1987, Marine Petroleum Source Rocks.
Geol. Cos. London Spec. Publ. 26, 452 p.
- Emery, D., and Myers, K.J. (eds.), 1996, Sequence Stratigraphy. Blackwell
Science, 297 p. (Best, advanced-level coverage of sequence-stratigraphic principles).
- Klein, G. deV., 1985, Sandstone Depositional Models for Exploration for
Fossil Fuels, 209 p.
- Galloway, W.E. and Hobday, Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Systems, Applications
to Petroleum, Coal, and Uranium Exploration, 423 p.
- Halbourty, M.T. (ed.), 1986, Future Petroleum Provinces of the World. Amer.
Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Memoir 40, 708 p.
- Link, P.K., 1987, Basic Petroleum Geology (2nd ed.). OGCI Publ., 425 p.
- Miall, A.D., 1990, Principles of Sedimentary Basin Analysis (2nd ed.), 667
p. QE471 .M44 1990t (Great reference for the sedimentologic and stratigraphic
aspects of basin analysis).
- Miall, A.D., 1997, The Geology of Stratigraphic Sequences, 433 p. QE651
.M46 1997.
- Posamentier, H.W., and Allen, G.P., 1999, Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy
- Concepts and Applications. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology
8. (A valuable sequence stratigraphy reference).
- Reading, H.G., (ed.), 1996, Sedimentary Environments: Processes, Facies
and Stratigraphy, 688 p. (Best advanced text on the sedimentology of depositional
environments).
- Van Wagoner, J.C., Mitchum, R.M., Campion, K.M., and Rahmanian, V.D., 1990,
Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy in Well Logs, Cores, and Outcrops. AAPG
Methods in Exploration 7, 55 p. QE652 .55 .U5 S5 1990t (Another good reference
on the fundamentals of clastic rock sequence stratigraphy).
- Walker, R.G., and James, N.P. (eds.), 1992, Facies Models-Response to Sea
Level Change, 409 p. (Best summary text on the sedimentology of siliciclastic
and carbonate depositional environments).