Reply to the comment by Iyer and Schmid on “Thickness matters: Influence of dolerite sills on the thermal maturity of surrounding rocks in a coal bed methane play in Botswana” by Bulguroglu, M.E., Milkov, A.V., Marine and Petroleum Geology 111 (2020), 219-229

Reply to the comment by Iyer and Schmid on “Thickness matters: Influence of dolerite sills on the thermal maturity of surrounding rocks in a coal bed methane play in Botswana” by Bulguroglu, M.E., Milkov, A.V., Marine and Petroleum Geology 111 (2020), 219-229

•The model of Iyer and Schmidt (2020) may have higher resolution, but it is not supported by actual subsurface data and has questionable usefulness.•Many other researchers reported cases where thin dolerite sills and dykes have large normalized thermal aureoles.•We outlined in the original paper sev...

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Published in:Marine and petroleum geology 2020-05, Vol.115, p.104300, Article 104300
Main Authors: Bulguroglu, Muhammed Emin, Milkov, Alexei V.
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Language:eng
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Summary:•The model of Iyer and Schmidt (2020) may have higher resolution, but it is not supported by actual subsurface data and has questionable usefulness.•Many other researchers reported cases where thin dolerite sills and dykes have large normalized thermal aureoles.•We outlined in the original paper several processes that may explain why thin sills have large normalized thermal aureoles..
ISSN:0264-8172
1873-4073