Open AccessFormation temperatures
Author(s) -
Peter Hjuler Jensen
Publication year - 1982
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2987
pISSN - 1395-3532
DOI - 10.34194/serieb.v8.7071
Subject(s) - borehole , geology , sedimentary rock , mineralogy , petrology , field (mathematics) , geophysics , geochemistry , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics
Borehole temperatures have been studied to evaluate the natural temperature field of the geological formations (fig. 37). Formation temperature and time are main factors affecting maturation of source rocks and should, therefore, be compared with maturation measurements. Furthermore, temperature gradients through sedimentary sequences provide information about relationships between their heat conductivities, and this can be used to extrapolate temperatures measured in wells to the surrounding rock masses.