France Paris Basin

Fouillac, C., Fouillac, A. M. Criaud, A. 1990. Sulphur and oxygen isotopes of dissolved sulphur species in formation waters from the Dogger geothermal aquifer, Paris Basin, France. Applied Geochemistry, 5, 415-427. 

Rojas, J., Menjos, A., Martin, J. C., Criaud, A. Fouillac, C. 1987. Development and exploitation of low enthalpy geothermal systems example of the Dogger in the Paris Basin, France. In Proceedings of the 12th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, 203 -212. 

Pinti D. L. and Marty B. (1995) Noble gases in cmde oil from the Paris Basin, France implications for the orgin of fluids and constraints on oil-water-gas interactions. Geochem. Cosmochim. Acta 59, 3389-3404. 

Noble gases exist in formation waters as uncharged, nonpolar species. They preferentially partition from aqueous solutions into nonpolar solvents such as crude oil and natural gas (Kharaka and Specht, 1988). The degree of partitioning depends on such factors as temperature, gas atomic radius, and the salinity of the aqueous phase. Distinct variations in Ne/ Ar, Kr/ Ar, and °Xe/ Ar are produced by fractionation in multiphase fluid systems. These variations have been used as a tool in oil exploration and reservoir evaluation. Pinti and Marty (2000) give detailed examples of these applications in the Pannonian Basin, Hungary and in the Paris Basin, France. 

Mackenzie A. S., Hoffmann C. E., and Maxwell J. R. (1981) Molecular parameters of maturation in the Toarcian shales, Paris Basin, France III. Changes in aromatic steroid hydrocarbons. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 45, 1345-1355. 

Goggin, V. Jacquin, T. (1998) A Sequence stratigraphic framework of the marine and continental Triassic series in the Paris Basin, France. In de Graciansky, P-... 

Spotl, C. Wright, V.P. (1992) Groundwater dolocretes from the Upper Triassic of the Paris Basin, France a case study of an arid, continental diagenetic facies. Sedimentology 39, 1119-1136. 

Figure 4.3 Pedogenic silcrete profiles. (A) In situ silcrete profile developed within deeply weathered bedrock, near Inniskillin, Western Cape, South Africa. (B) Cambered silcrete profile in the Mt Wood Hills area near Tibooburra, New South Wales, Australia, showing columnar structures and candle-wax drips. (C) Columnar silcrete profile, Montagny Lencoup, Paris Basin, France.

Figure 4.4 Groundwater silcrete outcrops. (A) Superposed groundwater silcrete lenses developed within Fontainebleau Sand at Bonnevault Quarry, Paris Basin, France (with Medard Thiry for scale). (B) Ground-water silcrete developed within Red Bluff Sand underlying Newer Volcanics basalt at Taylor Creek, north of Melbourne, Australia (with John Webb for scale). (C) Groundwater silcrete boulder (sarsen) train within a valley floor at Clatford Bottom, Wiltshire, UK.

Freytet, P. Piet, A. (1996) Modern freshwater microbial carbonates the Phor-midium stromatolites (tufa-travertine) of southeastern Burgundy (Paris basin, France). Facies 34, 219-238. 

Spotl, C., Matter, A. Brevart, O. (1993) Diagenesis and pore water evolution in the Keuper reservoir, Paris Basin (France). J. sediment. Petrol., 63, 909-928. 

Spotl et al. (1993) sandstone Sandstones and dolocretes U. Triassic Paris Basin, France Yes 20 16 - ... 

Table 4.8 Bulk compositional changes in the three main kerogen types with increasing maturity (after Behar Vandenbroucke 1987). Maturity levels are shown by positions of samples in Fig. 4.15. Type I kerogen is based on the Eocene, upper Green River Formation shale from the Uinta Basin type II is based on theToarcian shales of the Paris Basin (France) and Liassic a shales from Germany and type III on the deltaic sequences from the Upper Cretaceous of the Douala Basin (Cameroon) and from the Tertiary of the Mahakam Delta (Borneo)...

Pinti DL, Marly B (1995) Noble gases in crude oils from the Paris basin, France—Imphcations for the origin of fluids and constraints on oil-water interactions. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 59 3389-3404... 

Clauer N, O Neil JR, Furlan S (1994) Clay minerals as records of temperatures, conditions and duration of thermal anomalies in the Paris basin (France). Clay Minerals, 30(1)... 

Tissot B., Califet-Debyser Y., Deroo G. and Oudin J. L. (1971) Origin and evolution of hydrocarbons in early Toarcian shales, Paris Basin, France. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull. 55(12), 2177-2193. 

Fontes, J. C., and Matray, J. M. (1993). Geochemistry of Brines Associated with Triassic Salts in the Paris Basin, France. Chem. Geol. 109(1-4), 149-175. 

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