Kinetic modeling of quartz cementation and porosity loss in deeply buried sandstone reservoirs

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 731-745

  Walderhaug, Olav ^a,b,c  

^a Rogaland Research   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION; KINETIC MODEL; POROSITY; QUARTZ; RESERVOIR ROCK; SANDSTONE;

ALGORITHMS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; KINETIC THEORY; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SURFACES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

POROSITY LOSS; PRECIPITATION RATE; QUARTZ CEMENTATION; SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; STYLOLITES; SURFACE AREA; TEMPERATURE HISTORY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0029667060     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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