prolonged compaction tests suggest that compaction
due to creep is rather small. At depths shallower than
about 2 km, high porosity (>30%) is preserved in
Upper Palaeozoic sandstones despite long burial time.
In spite of the limitations, laboratory porosity/density/velocity-stress relations and their comparison
with data found in well logs will provide important
constraints on evaluation of burial depths, pore pressure prediction and/or the amount of uplift and erosion
found in sedimentary sequences (Mondol et al. 2007,
2008b, c,).
Further Reading
Barton, N. 2007. Rock Quality, Seismic Velocity, Attenuation and
Anisotrophy. Taylor and Francis/Balkema, London, 729 pp.
Bjørlykke, K. and Høeg, K. 1997. Effects of burial diagenesis on
stresses, compaction and fluid flow in sedimentary basins.
Marine and Petroleum Geology 14, 267–276.
Bjørlykke, K. 2006. Effects of compaction processes on stress,
faults, and fluid flow in sedimentary basins. In: Buitersand,
S.H.J. and Schreurs, G. (eds.), Analogue and Numerical
Modelling of Crustal-Scale Processes. Geological Society
Special Publication 253, pp. 359–379.
Bjørlykke, K., Chuhan, F., Kjeldstad, A., Gundersen, E.,
Lauvrak, O. and Høeg, K. 2004. Modelling of sediment
compaction during burial in sedimentary basins In:
Stephansson, O., Hudson, O. and King, L. (eds.), Coupled
Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Processes in Geosystems. Fundamentals, Modelling, Experiments and
Applications. Geo-Enginering Book Series, vol. 2, Elsevier,
London, pp. 699–708.
Bjørlykke, K., Høeg, K., Faleide, J.I. and Jahren, J. 2005. When
do faults in sedimentary basins leak? Stress and deformation
in sedimentary basins: Examples from the North Sea and
Haltenbanken Offshore Norway – A discussion. AAPG Bulletin 89, 1019–1031.
Bjørlykke, K. 2003. Compaction (consolidation) of sediments.
In: Middleton, G.V. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Sediments and
Sedimentary Rocks, Kluwer Academic Publishers,
Dordrecht, pp. 161–168.
Chuhan, F.A., Kjeldstad, A., Bjørlykke, K. and Høeg, K. 2002.
Porosity loss in sand by grain crushing. Experimental evidence and relevance to reservoir quality. Marine and Petroleum Geology 19, 39–53.
Chuhan, F.A., Kjeldstad, A., Bjørlykke, K. and Høeg, K. 2003.
Experimental compression of loose sands: Relevance to
porosity reduction during burial in sedimentary basins.
Canadian Geotechnical Journal 40, 995–1011.
Dickey, P.A. 1979. Petroleum Development Geology. Petroleum Publishing Co., Tulsa, OK, 398 pp.
Fjær, E., Holt, R.M., Horsrud, P., Raaen, X. and Risnes, R. 2008.
Petroleum Related Rock Mechanics 2
nd ed. Developments
in Petroleum Science 53, 491 pp.
Gueguen, Y. and Palciauskas, X. 1994. Introduction to Physics
of Rocks. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 294 pp.
Goodman, R.E. 1989. Introduction to Rock Mechanics. Wiley,
New York, 562 pp.
Manzar, F., Mondol, N., H. Jahren, J. and Bjørlykke, K. 2010.
Microfabric and rock properties of experimentally compressed silt-clay mixtures. Marine and Petroleum Geology
27, 1698–1712.
Mavko, G., Mukerji, T. and Dvorkin, J. 1998. The Rock Physics
Handbook. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 327 pp.
Mondol, N.H., Bjørlykke, K., Jahren, J. and Høeg, K. 2007.
Experimental mechanical compaction of clay mineral
aggregates – Changes in physical properties of mudstones
during burial. Marine and Petroleum Geology 24(5),
289–311.
Mondol, N.H., Bjørlykke, K. and Jahren, J. 2008a. Experimental
compaction of kaolinite aggregates: Effect of grain size on
mudrock properties. 70th EAGE Conference & Exhibition,
Extended Abstract I037, June 2008.
Mondol, N.H., Bjørlykke, K. and Jahren, J. 2008b. Experimental
compaction of clays. Relationships between permeability
and petrophysical properties in mudstones. Petroleum Geoscience 14, 319–337.
Mondol, N.H., Fawad, M., Jahren, J. and Bjørlykke, K. 2008c.
Synthetic mudstone compaction trends and their use in pore
pressure prediction. First Break 26, 43–51.
Mondol, N., Jahren, J., Bjørlykke, K. and Brevik, I. 2008d.
Elastic properties of clay minerals. The Leading Edge 27,
758–770.
Peltonen, C., Marcussen, Ø., Bjørlykke, K. and Jahren, J. 2008.
Mineralogical control on mudstone compaction; a study of
Late Cretaceous to Early Tertiary mudstones of the Vøring
and Møre basins, Norwegian Sea. Petroleum Geoscience 14,
127–138.
Voltolini, M., Wenk, H.-R., Mondol, N.H., Bjørlykke, K. and
Jahren, J. 2009. Anisotropy of experimentally compressed
kaolinite-illite-quartz mixtures. Geophysics 74(1), 1–11.
Wiprut, D. and Zoback, M.D. 2000. Constraining the stress
tensor in the Visund field, Norwegian North Sea: Application to wellbore stability and sand production. International
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 37,
217–336.
Zoback, M.D., Moos, D., Mastin, L. and Andersen, R.N. 1985.
Well bore breakouts and in situ stress. Journal of
Geophysicsl Research 90, 5523–5530.
318
K. Bjørlykke et al.
due to creep is rather small. At depths shallower than
about 2 km, high porosity (>30%) is preserved in
Upper Palaeozoic sandstones despite long burial time.
In spite of the limitations, laboratory porosity/density/velocity-stress relations and their comparison
with data found in well logs will provide important
constraints on evaluation of burial depths, pore pressure prediction and/or the amount of uplift and erosion
found in sedimentary sequences (Mondol et al. 2007,
2008b, c,).
Further Reading
Barton, N. 2007. Rock Quality, Seismic Velocity, Attenuation and
Anisotrophy. Taylor and Francis/Balkema, London, 729 pp.
Bjørlykke, K. and Høeg, K. 1997. Effects of burial diagenesis on
stresses, compaction and fluid flow in sedimentary basins.
Marine and Petroleum Geology 14, 267–276.
Bjørlykke, K. 2006. Effects of compaction processes on stress,
faults, and fluid flow in sedimentary basins. In: Buitersand,
S.H.J. and Schreurs, G. (eds.), Analogue and Numerical
Modelling of Crustal-Scale Processes. Geological Society
Special Publication 253, pp. 359–379.
Bjørlykke, K., Chuhan, F., Kjeldstad, A., Gundersen, E.,
Lauvrak, O. and Høeg, K. 2004. Modelling of sediment
compaction during burial in sedimentary basins In:
Stephansson, O., Hudson, O. and King, L. (eds.), Coupled
Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Processes in Geosystems. Fundamentals, Modelling, Experiments and
Applications. Geo-Enginering Book Series, vol. 2, Elsevier,
London, pp. 699–708.
Bjørlykke, K., Høeg, K., Faleide, J.I. and Jahren, J. 2005. When
do faults in sedimentary basins leak? Stress and deformation
in sedimentary basins: Examples from the North Sea and
Haltenbanken Offshore Norway – A discussion. AAPG Bulletin 89, 1019–1031.
Bjørlykke, K. 2003. Compaction (consolidation) of sediments.
In: Middleton, G.V. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Sediments and
Sedimentary Rocks, Kluwer Academic Publishers,
Dordrecht, pp. 161–168.
Chuhan, F.A., Kjeldstad, A., Bjørlykke, K. and Høeg, K. 2002.
Porosity loss in sand by grain crushing. Experimental evidence and relevance to reservoir quality. Marine and Petroleum Geology 19, 39–53.
Chuhan, F.A., Kjeldstad, A., Bjørlykke, K. and Høeg, K. 2003.
Experimental compression of loose sands: Relevance to
porosity reduction during burial in sedimentary basins.
Canadian Geotechnical Journal 40, 995–1011.
Dickey, P.A. 1979. Petroleum Development Geology. Petroleum Publishing Co., Tulsa, OK, 398 pp.
Fjær, E., Holt, R.M., Horsrud, P., Raaen, X. and Risnes, R. 2008.
Petroleum Related Rock Mechanics 2
nd ed. Developments
in Petroleum Science 53, 491 pp.
Gueguen, Y. and Palciauskas, X. 1994. Introduction to Physics
of Rocks. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 294 pp.
Goodman, R.E. 1989. Introduction to Rock Mechanics. Wiley,
New York, 562 pp.
Manzar, F., Mondol, N., H. Jahren, J. and Bjørlykke, K. 2010.
Microfabric and rock properties of experimentally compressed silt-clay mixtures. Marine and Petroleum Geology
27, 1698–1712.
Mavko, G., Mukerji, T. and Dvorkin, J. 1998. The Rock Physics
Handbook. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 327 pp.
Mondol, N.H., Bjørlykke, K., Jahren, J. and Høeg, K. 2007.
Experimental mechanical compaction of clay mineral
aggregates – Changes in physical properties of mudstones
during burial. Marine and Petroleum Geology 24(5),
289–311.
Mondol, N.H., Bjørlykke, K. and Jahren, J. 2008a. Experimental
compaction of kaolinite aggregates: Effect of grain size on
mudrock properties. 70th EAGE Conference & Exhibition,
Extended Abstract I037, June 2008.
Mondol, N.H., Bjørlykke, K. and Jahren, J. 2008b. Experimental
compaction of clays. Relationships between permeability
and petrophysical properties in mudstones. Petroleum Geoscience 14, 319–337.
Mondol, N.H., Fawad, M., Jahren, J. and Bjørlykke, K. 2008c.
Synthetic mudstone compaction trends and their use in pore
pressure prediction. First Break 26, 43–51.
Mondol, N., Jahren, J., Bjørlykke, K. and Brevik, I. 2008d.
Elastic properties of clay minerals. The Leading Edge 27,
758–770.
Peltonen, C., Marcussen, Ø., Bjørlykke, K. and Jahren, J. 2008.
Mineralogical control on mudstone compaction; a study of
Late Cretaceous to Early Tertiary mudstones of the Vøring
and Møre basins, Norwegian Sea. Petroleum Geoscience 14,
127–138.
Voltolini, M., Wenk, H.-R., Mondol, N.H., Bjørlykke, K. and
Jahren, J. 2009. Anisotropy of experimentally compressed
kaolinite-illite-quartz mixtures. Geophysics 74(1), 1–11.
Wiprut, D. and Zoback, M.D. 2000. Constraining the stress
tensor in the Visund field, Norwegian North Sea: Application to wellbore stability and sand production. International
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 37,
217–336.
Zoback, M.D., Moos, D., Mastin, L. and Andersen, R.N. 1985.
Well bore breakouts and in situ stress. Journal of
Geophysicsl Research 90, 5523–5530.
318
K. Bjørlykke et al.