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Description / Table of Contents: Muds and mudstones are the prime control on fluid flow in sedimentary basins and near-surface environments. As the world's commonest sediment type, they act as aquitards in sedimentary basins, restricting water flow and influencing the development of overpressure. In petroleum systems they act as source rocks for nearly all oil and much gas, determine migration directions between source and trap in most settings, and act as seals to many reservoirs. In near surface environments they not only control natural flow, but have been commonly used to restrict leakage from waste disposal sites. This volume focuses on the previously poorly described physical properties of muds and mudstones in both near-surface and deep basinal settings. Amongst its contents are reviews of the compaction, permeability, thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of mudstones, experimental studies of transport properties, and case studies of the importance of fluid flow in both hydrogeological and petroleum systems.

Description / Table of Contents: Andrew C. Aplin, Andrew J. Fleet, and Joe H. S. Macquaker: Muds and mudstones: physical and fluid-flow properties / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:1-8, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.01 --- Physical Properties --- F. J. Pearson: What is the porosity of a mudrock? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:9-21, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.02 --- David N. Dewhurst, Yunlai Yang, and Andrew C. Aplin: Permeability and fluid flow in natural mudstones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:23-43, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.03 --- Kirsti Midttømme and Elen Roaldset: Thermal conductivity of sedimentary rocks: uncertainties in measurement and modelling / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:45-60, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.04 --- D. N. Petley: Failure envelopes of mudrocks at high confining pressures / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:61-71, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.05 --- K. Bjørlykke: Principal aspects of compaction and fluid flow in mudstones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:73-78, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.06 --- Experimental Studies --- M. B. Clennell, D. N. Dewhurst, K. M. Brown, and G. K. Westbrook: Permeability anisotropy of consolidated clays / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:79-96, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.07 --- M. G. Peters and A. J. Maltman: Insights into the hydraulic performance of landfill-lining clays during deformation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:97-106, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.08 --- J. F. Harrington and S. T. Horseman: Gas transport properties of clays and mudrocks / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:107-124, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.09 --- Case Studies --- Gary M. Ingram and Janos L. Urai: Top-seal leakage through faults and fractures: the role of mudrock properties / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:125-135, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.10 --- T. Skar, R. T. Van Balen, L. Arnesen, and S. Cloetingh: Origin of overpressures on the Halten Terrace, offshore mid-Norway: the potential role of mechanical compaction, pressure transfer and stress / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:137-156, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.11 --- J. Dorsch and T. J. Katsube: Porosity characteristics of Cambrian mudrocks (Oak Ridge, East Tennessee, USA) and their implications for contaminant transport / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:157-173, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.12 --- K. Walraevens and J. Cardenal: Preferential pathways in an Eocene clay: hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical evidence / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:175-186, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.13

Description / Table of Contents: Andrew J. Fleet and Andrew C. Scott: Coal and coal-bearing strata as oil-prone source rocks: an overview / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 77:1-8, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1994.077.01.01 --- General Studies --- T. G. Powell and C. J. Boreham: Terrestrially sourced oils: where do they exist and what are our limits of knowledge? — a geochemical perspective / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 77:11-29, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1994.077.01.02 --- Margaret E. Collinson, Pim F. Van Bergen, Andrew C. Scott, and Jan W. De Leeuw: The oil-generating potential of plants from coal and coal-bearing strata through time: a review with new evidence from Carboniferous plants / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 77:31-70, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1994.077.01.03 --- R. P. Philp: Geochemical characteristics of oils derived predominantly from terrigenous source materials / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 77:71-91, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1994.077.01.04 --- Scott A. Stout: Chemical heterogeneity among adjacent coal microlithotypes — implications for oil generation and primary migration from humic coal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 77:93-106, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1994.077.01.05 --- Duncan S. Macgregor: Coal-bearing strata as source rocks — a global overview / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 77:107-116, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1994.077.01.06 --- Case Histories --- S. Thompson, B. S. Cooper, and P. C. Barnard: Some examples and possible explanations for oil generation from coals and coaly sequences / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 77:119-137, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1994.077.01.07 --- C. J. Matchette-Downes, A. E. Fallick, Karmajaya, and S. Rowland: A maturity and palaeoenvironmental assessment of condensates and oils from the North Sumatra Basin, Indonesia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 77:139-148, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1994.077.01.08 --- David J. Curry, John K. Emmett, and John W. Hunt: Geochemistry of aliphatic-rich coals in the Cooper Basin, Australia and Taranaki Basin, New Zealand: implications for the occurrence of potentially oil-generative coals / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 77:149-181, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1994.077.01.09 --- Mark A. Bagge and Martin L. Keeley: The oil potential of Mid-Jurassic coals in northern Egypt / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 77:183-200, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1994.077.01.10 --- Andrew C. Scott and Andrew J. Fleet: Coal and coal-bearing strata as oil-prone source rocks: current problems and future directions / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 77:201-205, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1994.077.01.11

Description / Table of Contents: W. A. England and A. J. Fleet: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:1-6, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.01 --- Part I: Generation and Expulsion (Primary Migration) --- Andrew S. Pepper: Estimating the petroleum expulsion behaviour of source rocks: a novel quantitative approach / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:9-31, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.02 --- D. Leythaeuser and H. S. Poelchau: Expulsion of petroleum from type III kerogen source rocks in gaseous solution: modelling of solubility fractionation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:33-46, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.03 --- S. J. Düppenbecker, L. Dohmen, and D. H. Welte: Numerical modelling of petroleum expulsion in two areas of the Lower Saxony Basin, Northern Germany / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:47-64, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.04 --- B. S. Mudford, F. M. Gradstein, T. J. Katsube, and M. E. Best: Modelling 1D compaction-driven flow in sedimentary basins: a comparison of the Scotian Shelf, North Sea and Gulf Coast / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:65-85, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.05 --- Part II: Secondary Migration --- J. Burrus, A. Kuhfuss, B. Doligez, and P. Ungerer: Are numerical models useful in reconstructing the migration of hydrocarbons? A discussion based on the Northern Viking Graben / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:89-109, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.06 --- Øyvind Sylta: Modelling of secondary migration and entrapment of a multicomponent hydrocarbon mixture using equation of state and ray-tracing modelling techniques / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:111-122, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.07 --- D. S. Chapman, S. D. Willett, and C. Clauser: Using thermal fields to estimate basin-scale permeabilities / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:123-125, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.08 --- Richard W. Davis: Integration of geological data into hydrodynamic analysis of hydrocarbon movement / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:127-135, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.09 --- Stephen Larter and Nigel Mills: Phase-controlled molecular fractionations in migrating petroleum charges / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:137-147, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.10 --- B. M. Krooss, L. Brothers, and M. H. Engel: Geochromatography in petroleum migration: a review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:149-163, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.11 --- Part III: Case Studies --- P. C. Barnard and M. A. Bastow: Hydrocarbon generation, migration, alteration, entrapment and mixing in the Central and Northern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:167-190, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.12 --- K. F. M. Thompson: Contrasting characteristics attributed to migration observed in petroleums reservoired in clastic and carbonate sequences in the Gulf of Mexico region / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:191-205, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.13 --- N. Piggott and M. D. Lines: A case study of migration from the West Canada Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:207-225, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.14 --- Robert W. H. Butler: Hydrocarbon maturation, migration and tectonic loading in the Western Alpine foreland thrust belt / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:227-244, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.15 --- Gerald Roberts: Structural controls on fluid migration through the Rencurel thrust zone, Vercors, French Sub-Alpine Chains / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:245-262, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.16 --- Part IV: Trap Leakage and Subsequent Migration --- R. H. Clarke and R. W. Cleverly: Petroleum seepage and post-accumulation migration / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:265-271, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.17 --- E. Vik, O. R. Heum, and K. G. Amaliksen: Leakage from deep reservoirs: possible mechanisms and relationship to shallow gas in the Haltenbanken area, mid-Norwegian Shelf / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 59:273, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.059.01.18

Description / Table of Contents: A. J. Fleet and J. Brooks: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:1-14, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.01 --- Part I: Concepts and Methods --- J. Brooks, C. Cornford, and R. Archer: The role of hydrocarbon source rocks in petroleum exploration / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:17-46, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.02 --- R. V. Tyson: The genesis and palynofacies characteristics of marine petroleum source rocks / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:47-67, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.03 --- I. St. J. Fisher and J. D. Hudson: Pyrite formation in Jurassic shales of contrasting biofacies / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:69-78, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.04 --- S. C. Brassell, G. Eglinton, and V. J. Howell: Palaeoenvironmental assessment of marine organic-rich sediments using molecular organic geochemistry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:79-98, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.05 --- P. A. Comet and G. Eglinton: The use of lipids as facies indicators / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:99-117, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.06 --- Part II: Depositional Processes and Environments --- E. T. Degens and V. Ittekkot: The carbon cycle—tracking the path of organic particles from sea to sediment / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:121-135, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.07 --- S. E. Calvert: Oceanographic controls on the accumulation of organic matter in marine sediments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:137-151, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.08 --- R. J. Morris: The formation of organic-rich deposits in two deep-water marine environments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:153-166, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.09 --- R. Pelet: A model of organic sedimentation on present-day continental margins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:167-180, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.10 --- E. Suess, L. D. Kulm, and J. S. Killingley: Coastal upwelling and a history of organic-rich mudstone deposition off Peru / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:181-197, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.11 --- J. T. Parrish: Palaeo-upwelling and the distribution of organic-rich rocks / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:199-205, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.12 --- J. Ferguson: The significance of carbonate ooids in petroleum source-rock studies / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:207-215, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.13 --- B. R. T. Simoneit and O. E. Kawka: Hydrothermal petroleum from diatomites in the Gulf of California / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:217-228, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.14 --- Part III: The Stratigraphic Record --- A. Thickpenny and J. K. Leggett: Stratigraphic distribution and palaeo-oceanographic significance of European early Palaeozoic organic-rich sediments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:231-247, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.15 --- M. J. Gibbons: The depositional environment and petroleum geochemistry of the Marl Slate-Kupferschiefer / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:249, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.16 --- A. Hallam: Mesozoic marine organic-rich shales / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:251-261, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.17 --- R. Stoneley: A review of petroleum source rocks in parts of the Middle East / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:263-269, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.18 --- H. B. Zimmerman, A. Boersma, and F. W. McCoy: Carbonaceous sediments and palaeoenvironment of the Cretaceous South Atlantic Ocean / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:271-286, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.19 --- D. A. V. Stow: South Atlantic organic-rich sediments: facies, processes and environments of deposition / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:287-299, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.20 --- C. P. Summerhayes: Organic-rich Cretaceous sediments from the North Atlantic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:301-316, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.21 --- P. C. de Graciansky, E. Brosse, G. Deroo, J.-P. Herbin, C. Müller, J. Sigal, A. Schaaf, and L. Montadert: Organic-rich sediments and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions of the Cretaceous North Atlantic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:317-344, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.22 --- T. J. Bralower and H. R. Thierstein: Organic carbon and metal accumulation rates in Holocene and mid-Cretaceous sediments: palaeoceanographic significance / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:345-369, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.23 --- S. O. Schlanger, M. A. Arthur, H. C. Jenkyns, and P. A. Scholle: The Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event, I. Stratigraphy and distribution of organic carbon-rich beds and the marine δ13C excursion / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:371-399, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.24 --- M. A. Arthur, S. O. Schlanger, and H. C. Jenkyns: The Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event, II. Palaeoceanographic controls on organic-matter production and preservation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:401-420, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.25 --- B. M. Funnell: Anoxic non-events; alternative explanations / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:421-422, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.26 --- N. J. Shackleton: The carbon isotope record of the Cenozoic: history of organic carbon burial and of oxygen in the ocean and atmosphere / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 26:423-434, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.026.01.27

Description / Table of Contents: A. J. Fleet, K. Kelts, and M. R. Talbot: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:vii-x, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.01 --- Part I Tectonic, Geological, Geochemical and Biological Framework --- K. Kelts: Environments of deposition of lacustrine petroleum source rocks: an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:3-26, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.02 --- J. F. Talling: Modern phytoplankton production in African lakes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:27-28, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.03 --- M. R. Talbot: The origins of lacustrine oil source rocks: evidence from the lakes of tropical Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:29-43, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.04 --- P. De Deckker: Large Australian lakes during the last 20 million years: sites for petroleum source rock or metal ore deposition, or both? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:45-58, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.05 --- R. S. Oremland, J. E. Cloern, R. L. Smith, C. W. Culbertson, J. Zehr, L. Miller, B. Cole, R. Harvey, Z. Sofer, N. Iversen, M. Klug, D. J. Des Marais, and G. Rau: Microbial and biogeochemical processes in Big Soda Lake, Nevada / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:59-75, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.06 --- C. P. Summerhayes: Predicting palaeoclimates / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:77-78, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.07 --- Part II Palaeoenvironmental Indicators --- B. J. Katz: Clastic and carbonate lacustrine systems: an organic geochemical comparison (Green River Formation and East African lake sediments) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:81-90, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.08 --- M. Vandenbroucke and F. Behar: Geochemical characterization of the organic matter from some recent sediments by a pyrolysis technique / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:91-101, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.09 --- J. K. Volkman: Biological marker compounds as indicators of the depositional environments of petroleum source rocks / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:103-122, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.10 --- H. L. ten Haven, J. W. de Leeuw, J. S. Sinninghe Damsté, P. A. Schenck, S. E. Palmer, and J. E. Zumberge: Application of biological markers in the recognition of palaeohypersaline environments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:123-130, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.11 --- W. Davison: Interactions of iron, carbon and sulphur in marine and lacustrine sediments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:131-137, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.12 --- R. F. Yuretich: Possible relationships of stratigraphy and clay mineralogy to source rock potential in lacustrine sequences / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:139-151, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.13 --- B. Bahrig: Palaeo-environment information from deep water siderite (Lake of Laach, West Germany) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:153-158, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.14 --- Jiang De-xin: Spores and pollen in oils as indicators of lacustrine source rocks / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:159-169, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.15 --- Part III Case Studies --- A. D. Duncan and R. F. M. Hamilton: Palaeolimnology and organic geochemistry of the Middle Devonian in the Orcadian Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:173-201, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.16 --- S. J. Hillier and J. E. A. Marshall: Hydrocarbon source rocks, thermal maturity and burial history of the Orcadian Basin, Scotland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:203, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.17 --- J. Parnell: Significance of lacustrine cherts for the environment of source-rock deposition in the Orcadian Basin, Scotland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:205-217, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.18 --- G. W. F. Loftus and J. T. Greensmith: The lacustrine Burdiehouse Limestone Formation—a key to the deposition of the Dinantian Oil Shales of Scotland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:219-234, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.19 --- J. Parnell: Lacustrine petroleum source rocks in the Dinantian Oil Shale Group, Scotland: a review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:235-246, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.20 --- P. J. W. Gore: Lacustrine sequences in an early Mesozoic rift basin: Culpeper Basin, Virginia, USA / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:247-278, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.21 --- Fu Jiamo, Sheng Guoying, and Liu Dehan: Organic geochemical characteristics of major types of terrestrial petroleum source rocks in China / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:279-289, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.22 --- Luo Binjie, Yang Xinghua, Lin Hejie, and Zheng Guodong: Characteristics of Mesozoic and Cenozoic non-marine source rocks in north-west China / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:291-298, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.23 --- S. C. Brassell, G. Eglinton, Guoying Sheng, and Jiamo Fu: Biological markers in lacustrine Chinese oil shales / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:299-308, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.24 --- Wang Tieguan, Fan Pu, and F. M. Swain: Geochemical characteristics of crude oils and source beds in different continental facies of four oil-bearing basins, China / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:309-325, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.25 --- D. M. McKirdy, R. E. Cox, and J. G. G. Morton: Biological marker, isotopic and geological studies of lacustrine crude oils in the western Otway Basin, South Australia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:327, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.26 --- A. C. Hutton: The lacustrine Condor oil shale sequence / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:329-340, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.27 --- M. R. Gibling: Cenozoic lacustrine basins of South-east Asia, their tectonic setting, depositional environment and hydrocarbon potential / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:341-351, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.28 --- P. Anadón, L. Cabrera, and R. Julià: Anoxic-oxic cyclical lacustrine sedimentation in the Miocene Rubielos de Mora Basin, Spain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:353-367, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.29 --- R. Crossley and B. Owen: Sand turbidites and organic-rich diatomaceous muds from Lake Malawi, Central Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 40:369-374, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.30