Objective The project aims to produce a new generation of basin formation models by improved description and modelling of basin fill architecture. The work will concentrate on the study of the physics of compaction and fluid flow in fine grained sediments to provide a better basis for modelling fluid flows and pressure regimes in basins and the physical processes of expulsion of hydrocarbons from source-rocks. Several consultative geoscience meetings in Europe concluded that a main axis of future research in geosciences should be the study of sedimentary basins, with two key requirements: integration of disciplines and modelling. The project fulfils these two requirements, as a careful study of the sedimentary response to tectonics and to the kinematic evolution of basins will be undertaken, to develop new models of basin formation and evolution. The project consists of six modules: Module 1: Rifted basin modelling constrained by the Gulf of Lion example. The work will concentrate on the integration of the mechanics of brittle extensional tectonics and strain localization in order to reconstruct the subsidence history of rifted basins. Module 2: Foreland basins modelling constrained by Iberian and German basins. The near surface structural evolution caused by both brittle and ductile deformations and by the inheritage from phases of rifting preceding the foreland history will be reconstructed. Module 3: Dynamic of the Norwegian margins with constraints from the Viking Graben, the More Basin and from the Norway Greenland conjugate volcanic margins. The research consists of reconstructing the tectono-magmatic history of the margins, evaluating the basins configuration through time, the style of deformation for each tectonic episode, and quantifying the magnitude of crustal - lithospheric extension. Module 4: Compaction and fluid flow in fine grained sediments. An accurate as possible mathematical description of the relationships between porosity, permeability and stress during burial for each major lithological type will be produced. Module 5: Modelling of the sedimentary response to tectonics at different scales. This module will describe the modelling activities which will be undertaken in modules 1 to 4. Module 6: Synthesis of scientific results. The module will consist essentially of a comparison and homogenization of the data collected, and of the results obtained by the different teams. PECO Data provided from the Pannonian basin (Hungary) will contribute to the work of modules 1, 5 and 6. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryhydrocarbons Programme(s) FP3-JOULE 2 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0203 - Security of supply of hydrocarbons Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator GROUPEMENT EUROPÉEN DE RECHERCHES TECHNOLOGIQUES SUR LES HYDROCARBURES Address Avenue napoléon bonaparte 232 92500 Rueil malmaison France See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (15) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address S/n,lluis solt sabaris s/n 08028 Barcelona See on map Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 2 place eugene bataillon 34095 Montpellier See on map GROUPEMENT D'INTÉRÊT POUR L'ETUDE DES STRUCTURES SOUTERRAINES DE STOCKAGE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Route de saclay, ecole polytechnique 91128 Palaiseau See on map Generalitat de Catalunya Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address 71,paral. lel 08004 Barcelona See on map Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 94 avenue delattre de tassigny 54000 Nancy See on map Norsk Hydro Research Centre Norway EU contribution € 0,00 Address 90,sandsliveien 5020 Bergen See on map Royal Holloway and Bedford New College United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Egham hill TW20 0EX Egham See on map SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZUERICH Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address 5,sonneggstrasse 5, eth-zentrum 8093 Zurich See on map THE UNIVERSITY OF TUEBINGEN Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Herrenberger strasse 51 72070 Tuebingen See on map UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Drummond building NE1 7RU Newcastle upon tyne See on map UTRECHT UNIVERSITY Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Budapestlaan 4 3508 TA Utrecht See on map Universitat de Barcelona Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address 08071 Barcelona See on map Universität Karlsruhe (Technische Hochschule) Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address 16,hertzstraße 16 76187 Karlsruhe See on map Université de Paris VI (Université Pierre et Marie Curie) France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 24 rue lhomond 75231 Paris See on map VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM - VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERWIJS Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address 1085,de boelelaan 1085 1081 HV Amsterdam See on map