Table of Contents

Contents: 1. The Geodynamic Setting and Some Geomechanical Aspects of the Initiation and Evolution of Rift Basins. 2. Numerical Reconstruction of the Burial and Thermal Histories of Sedimentary Basins in the Computer Galo System for Basin Modeling: Main Principles of the System. 3. Numerical Reconstruction of the Realization of Hydrocarbon Potential Source Rocks During Basin's Burial History. 4. Analysis of Continental Sedimentary Basins in the Galo Modeling System. 5. Analysis of the Basins of Continental Passive Margins and Back-Arc Centers: Geodynamics, Thermal and Maturation histories. General Conclusions. References. List of Figures. List of Tables. Index.