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Oil Exploration - Thermal History Reconstruction Services

Selected Examples of Thermal History Reconstructions for Wells in the North West Australian Basins

• Arafura Basin
• McArthur Basin
• Canning Basin
• Vulcan Sub Basin
• Southern Bonaparte Basin
• Browse Basin: Londonderry High

Thermal History Studies

• East African Regional Study - Planning Stage
• Barents Sea
• West African Margin
• Alaska, North Slope
• Southern Bonaparte Basin
• Browse Basin
• Offshore Canning Basin
• Northern Carnarvon Basin
• Falkland Islands
• Great Australian Bight
• Gippsland Basin Area V99-2
• Torquay Sub-basin
• Londonderry High
• Offshore Namibia
• North Irish Sea
• North of Shetlands
• West of Shetlands
• Oklahoma
• Onshore Otway, Victoria, Australia
• Papua New Guinea
• Quadrant 53, UK
• Seychelles
• Timan Pechora
• West Siberian Basin
• West of Scotland
• Northwest Territories

Thermal History Reconstruction
How AFTA^® and VR can be used to reconstruct thermal histories in sedimentary basins.

• What is THR?
• Thermal History Reconstruction in Hydrocarbon Exploration
• A fundamental parameter in THR: The use of AFTA^® in constructing the paleotemperature - depth plot.
• "Why I use THR": A user's perspective ...
• Anglesea-1 slideshow application of THR
• What's in a Geotrack Report?: Anglesea-1 example application of THR

Apatite Fission Track Analysis
Technical background on Geotrack's AFTA^® technique, sampling strategies etc.

• Overview of AFTA^®
• Why AFTA^®
• Sampling strategies, advice and shipment.
• The influence of chlorine content on fission track annealing kinetics in apatite
• Thermal History Interpretation of AFTA data - basic principles
• How wrong can you be in interpreting AFTA data?
• Apatite Gallery
• Take a pictorial tour through the preparation of samples for AFTA^®

U-Th/He
Overview, technical information and case studies.

• Overview
• Technical Information
• Fresne-1 Case Study
• Anglesea-1 Case Study

Zircon Fission Track Analysis
The greater stability of fission tracks in zircon offers information about higher paleotemperatures.

• Overview of ZFTA™
• Assessing ZFTA as a paleotemperature tool for sedimentary basins

Vitrinite Reflectance
Learn how a combination of organic maturity data with AFTA^® provides improved thermal history constraints.

• Integration of VR data with AFTA^®
• How wrong can you be in interpreting VR data?

Fluid Inclusion Analysis
Fluids trapped within minerals provide information on the Pressure, Volume and Temperature conditions of precipitation of the mineral.

Technical articles and publications relating to Thermal History Reconstruction and Apatite Fission Track Analysis

Question and Answer

• What is AFTA^®
• Why is it so important to measure chlorine content
• Can etch pit diameter be used instead

Publications

• Publications
• Bibliography

Why Geotrack?

Regional Experience
Geotrack has a vast experience in basins and terrains worldwide.

Utilities
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Mineral Exploration

Heavy Mineral Exploration

• Uranium content and distribution mapping

Diamond Exploration

• Uranium mapping in diamond exploration

Materials Analysis

• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
• Electron Microprobe Microanalysis (EMP)
• Basic Operation of an Electron Microprobe

Other Services

Mineral Separation

• mineral separation facilities

Services to the academic community

Fluid Inclusion Analysis