Thermal measuring and testing – Temperature measurement – Geophysical
Patent
1996-08-08
1998-01-06
Gutierrez, Diego F. F.
Thermal measuring and testing
Temperature measurement
Geophysical
374102, 374159, 364557, 364578, G01K 304, G01K 1100, G01K 1300
Patent
active
057047138
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a multivariate method of inverting paleothermometer and age indicator data to derive the temperature history of rocks. The method uses kinetic models of geologic material transformations and a simple but flexible representation of bed temperature history to invert the paleothermometer data. The method inverts the data by employing a genetic algorithm computation and kinetic model S. The result is a family of temperature histories which more accurately and more completely characterize temperature histories consistent with the rock samples than is possible by prior art methods.
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Clendenen William S.
James William R.
Kim Chul-Sung
Powell William G.
Tapscott Christopher S.
Exxon Production Research Company
Gutierrez Diego F. F.
Koch Stephen P.
Reid Frank E.
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