Introduction -- Criteria to determine borehole formation temperature for calibration of basin and petroleum system models / Philip H. Nelson and Kenneth E. Peters -- Molecular indicators of geothermal history / Clifford C. Walters, Paul G. Lillis, and Kenneth E. Peters -- Stable hydrogen isotopes of isoprenoids and n-alkanes as a proxy for estimating the thermal history of sediments through geological time / Ercin Maslen, Kliti Grice, Daniel Dawson, Sue Wang and Brian Horsfield -- Fluid inclusion geothermometry in sedimentary systems : from paleoclimate to hydrothermal / Robert H. Goldstein -- Thermal history reconstruction in sedimentary basins using apatite fission-track analysis and related techniques / Paul F. Green and Ian R. Duddy -- Basin thermal history analysis using (U-Th)/He thermochronometry / Richard A. Ketcham -- Thermal history analysis of sedimentary basins : as isotopic approach for illitization / Norbert Clauer and Abraham Lerman -- Application of gas isotopes to the thermal history analysis of basins / Xinyu Xia and Yongchun Tang -- Evaluation of the heat flow in the Southern Alps during Mesozoic extension : implications for hydrocarbon exploration in the Po plain foredeep / Paolo Scotti and Roberto Fantoni -- Paleoburial, hydrocarbon generation, and migration in the Córdoba Platform and Veracruz Basin : insights from fluid inclusion studies and two-dimensional (2D) basin modeling / Esmeralda Gonzalez, Helga Ferket, Jean-Paul Callot, Nicole Guilhaumou, Salvador Ortuno, and François Roure -- Using geochemical analysis to identify a spatial maturity anomaly : an example from the Upper Rhine Graben, Germany / Carolyn Lampe and Lorenz Schwark -- Thermal maturation history of Arctic Alaska and Southern Canada Basin / David W. Houseknecht, W. Matthew Burns, and Kenneth J. Bird