Category:Treatise Handbook 1

Geologists who map organic facies can project the geographical distribution of petroleum source rocks. These maps provide a foundation for calculating the timing of petroleum generation and for determining realistic migration pathways to potential reservoir traps. In some geographical areas, geologists may find organic facies useful for reconstructing stratigraphic sequences. Organic facies are the criteria for evaluating the physical, chemical, and biological processes that control the distributions of organic sediments in geological time and space.