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1 An Introduction Basin Analysis

This document provides an overview of the QBB 3023 Basin Analysis course taught at UTP. The course is taught by Associate Professor Dr. Abdul Hadi Abd Rahman and Awalludin Harun. The course aims to teach students about sedimentary basin formation mechanisms, classification, fill styles, and subsidence analysis. Key topics include plate tectonics, basin zonation, and structural styles of different basin types. Assessment is through coursework, assignments, exams, and a presentation.

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1 An Introduction Basin Analysis

This document provides an overview of the QBB 3023 Basin Analysis course taught at UTP. The course is taught by Associate Professor Dr. Abdul Hadi Abd Rahman and Awalludin Harun. The course aims to teach students about sedimentary basin formation mechanisms, classification, fill styles, and subsidence analysis. Key topics include plate tectonics, basin zonation, and structural styles of different basin types. Assessment is through coursework, assignments, exams, and a presentation.

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UTP Department of Geosciences

QBB 3023 Basin Analysis

1 Sedimentary Basins
by

1. Associate Professor Dr Abdul Hadi Abd Rahman


2. Awalludin Harun
Department of Geosciences,
Faculty of Geosciences and Petroleum Engineering
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Awalludin Bin Harun

1. BSc. (Applied Geology), University of


Malaya, 1982.
2. MSc. Micropalaeontology, University
College London, 1989

Working for PETRONAS for a total of 29


years.
- 18 years in PETRONAS Research
- 7 years in Petroleum Management
Unit
- 4 years in PCSB
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
Explain and write on the theories of basin formation, and the
methodology used to classify sedimentary basins in terms of
driving mechanisms and structural style,
Describe and evaluate the structural style, subsidence history
and evolution of the main types of sedimentary basin (rifts,
passive margins, strike-slip, foreland/thrust-top) as well as gravity
and salt tectonics,
evaluate controls of sediment generation, transport and deposition
and use sequence stratigraphy to analyze sedimentary
successions
prepare and present an oral presentation on a basin analysis /
petroleum system topics
Course Content
1. Introduction
2. Basin formation mechanisms
3. Classification of sedimentary basins
4. Sedimentary basin fill sequence stratigraphy
5. Basin fill styles
6. Subsidence analysis
Lecture Outline
1. Introduction
2. Mechanisms of Basin Formation
3. Basin Classification
4. Global examples
5. Summary
Timetable

Thursday: 10 12, Lecture at 21-02-12

Monday: 10 12, Lab 02 at 14-01-02B

Thursday: 10 12, Lab 01 at 14-01-02B

Examination
Coursework: 50%
Assignment, Test, Lab work, quizzes

Final Exam: 50%


1 Introduction
Basin analysis - Study of sedimentary
rocks to determine:
Subsidence history
Stratigraphic architecture
Paleogeographic evolution

Tools:
Geology (outcrops, wireline logs, core)
Geophysics (seismic, gravity, aeromagnetic)
Computers (modeling, data analysis)
1 Introduction
What is a basin?

Repository / storage for sediment


Formed by crustal subsidence relative to surrounding
areas
Surrounding areas sometimes uplifted
Many different shapes, sizes and mechanisms of formation
Areas of the earth where there is a net sedimentation, or in the
fossil (ancient) record of such areas
Zones of pronounced subsidence where sediment can
accumulate. The larger the thickness of sediments and longer
the accumulation has taken place, the more interesting to the oil
companies the basin becomes.
Example of a basin.
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Zonation of the Earth Composition

Crust
Mantle
Core
Solid Earth
Crust (5-70 km):
Most abundant
elements are silicon (Si)
and oxygen (O)

Mantle (2900 km):


Most abundant
elements are
magnesium (Mg),
oxygen (O) and silicon
(Si)

Core:
Composed mainly of
iron (Fe), with some
nickel (Ni), lighter
elements
Inner core is solid,
outer core is liquid
Look at the outer
layers of the solid
Earth:

Upper mantle & crust


= lithosphere
Three mechanical layers of the crust and mantle:
Lithosphere (crust and upper mantle, about 100 km thick) is strong
and brittle
Asthenosphere (mantle, 100-660 km) is plastic and deformable it
contains a small amount of molten rock or magma.
Mesosphere (>660 km) is strong, but not brittle
1 Introduction
Zonation of the Upper Earth Rheology

Lithosphere
Rigid outer shell
Crust and upper mantle

Asthenosphere
Weaker than lithosphere
Flows (plastic deformation)
1 Introduction
Zonation of the Upper Earth Rheology

Vertical motions (subsidence, uplift) in sedimentary


basins are primarily in response to deformation of
lithosphere and asthenosphere
1 Introduction
1 Introduction
Plate motions

Plate-plate interactions can generate vertical crustal


movements
Examination of basins according to their positions
with respect to plate boundaries and plate-plate
interactions may explain how basins form
Wilson Cycle opening and closing of ocean
basins a conceptual framework
1 Introduction

Three types of plate boundaries:

Divergent plates moving apart


Mid-ocean ridges, rifts
Convergent plates moving towards each other
Subduction zones
Conservative plates move parallel to each other
Strike-slip systems
Divergent Plate Boundary

Usually start within continents grows to become ocean basin

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