Paleogeography, Paleoclimate & Source Rocks (aapgstudies In Geology) (aapg Studies In Geology)

Paleogeography, Paleoclimate, and Source Rocks Edited by A.-Y. Huc AAPG Studies in Geology, No. 40 a Published by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A. Printed in the U.S.A. Copyright © 1995 By the American Association of Petroleum Geologists All Rights Reserved Published July 1995 ISBN: 0-89181-048-X AAPG grants permission for a single photocopy of an item from this publication for personal use. Authorization for additional copies of items from this publication for personal or internal use is granted by AAPG provided that the base fee of $3.00 per copy is paid directly to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, Massachusetts 01923. Fees are subject to change. Any form of electronic or digital scanning or other digital transformation of portions of this publication into computer-readable and/or transmittable form for personal or corporate use requires special permission from, and is subject to fee charges by, the AAPG. Association Editor: Kevin T. Biddle Science Director: Richard Steinmetz Publications Manager: Kenneth M. Wolgemuth Special Projects Editor: Anne H. Thomas Production: Custom Editorial Productions, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio Cover illustration adapted from a design by M. Maguet. Adaptation by Rusty Johnson, AAPG Graphics Designer. THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS (AAPG) DOES NOT ENDORSE OR RECOMMEND ANY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THAT MAY BE CITED, USED OR DISCUSSED IN AAPG PUBLICATIONS OR IN PRESENTATIONS AT EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH AAPG. This and other AAPG publications are available from: The AAPG Bookstore P.O. Box 979 Tulsa, OK 74101- 0979 Telephone (918) 584-2555; (800) 364-AAPG (USA—book orders only) FAX: (918) 584-0469; (800) 898-2274 (USA—book orders only) AAPG Wishes to thank the following for their generous contributions to Paleogeography, Paleoclimate, and Source Rocks ❖ Mobil Exploration & Producing Technical Center ❖ Contributions are applied against the production costs of the publication, thus directly reducing the book’s purchase price and making the volume available to a greater audience. ◆ About the Editor ◆ Alain-Yves Huc is currently Head of the Organic Geochemistry group at the Institut Français du Pétrole (also known as IFP, or French Petroleum Institute). Dr. Huc was educated at the University of Nancy (France) and received his Ph.D. in Organic Geochemistry from the University of Strasbourg (France) in 1978. He spent a year and a half as a postdoctoral fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Woods Hole, Massachusetts) and two years as a CNRS researcher at the Applied Geology Department of the University of Orléans (France). Following that, he joined IFP. Dr. Huc spent three years on research devoted to the chemical structure of asphaltenes in crude oils. For the next six years, his research interest focused on the study of the sedimentology of organic matter and its application to oil exploration.