PETE 1010 : Pete 1010 Final Exam Review
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Pete 1010 final exam review (12/2011: anticline, syncline p. 15, faults p. 18. --overthrust and growth faults have a combination of both movements: graben, horst p. 20. --grabens are blocks of crust between two faults that have sunk down relative to surrounding crust. --horsts are blocks of crust that have risen: types of rocks (sedimentary, metamorphic) p. 24, origin of petroleum (organic theory, inorganic theory) p. 25. --organic theory- oil and gas comes from remains of microscopic plant and small animal organisms. --oil window ends at about 300 degrees fahrenheit (149 degrees celsius) but the gas window continues. Gas window ends at a out 500 degrees fahrenheit (260 degrees celsius). Past 500 degrees f, hydrocarbons do not exist because the gas and the source rock is destroyed: porosity, permeability (know the unit of measure for each), (know why shale is not a reservoir rock) p. 27. --porosity refers to the amount of pore space in a rock.
