Paleogeography, Paleoclimate, and Source Rocks

These papers derive from a research conference held in Paris in 1992 to evaluate current understanding of source rocks as a guide for petroleum exploration. One of its purposes was to bring together researchers in the fields of climate modelling, paleographic reconstruction, and source rock sedimentology. Special emphasis at the conference was placed on paleoplates and paleogeographic reconstructions, paleoclimate recreation and modelling, global source rock distribution, depositional setting of organic-rich sediments, sequence stratigraphy, cyclostratigraphy, and molecular fossils.