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A Four-Dimensional Petroleum System Model for the Vallecitos Syncline in the San Joaquin Basin Province, California, Combined with New Technologies of Organic Geochemistry

Meng He
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA,
[email protected]

In a calibrated 3-D basin and petroleum system model through time (4D) for the San Joaquin Basin Province, California, developed by the USGS (2008), two major Previous HitoilNext Hit families were defined from geochemical and biomarker data. Surprisingly no mixed oils were identified. However, from our 1-D model of the Vallecitos area, we suspect a deep, high maturity source Previous HitrockNext Hit, which could contribute to mixed oils in parts of the San Joaquin basin. A lack of Previous HitcorrelationNext Hit between deep source Previous HitrockNext Hit and oils may indicate that traditional Previous HitoilNext Hit-Previous HitoilNext Hit and Previous HitoilNext Hit-Previous HitsourceNext Hit correlations using biomarkers are not applicable to a high mature source Previous HitrockNext Hit. In order to address this problem, provide a better understanding of the petroleum systems in Vallecitos area, and further improve the previous 3-D basin model, advanced methods are needed to correlate and distinguish the high maturity components.

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AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90094 © 2009 AAPG Foundation Grants in Aid