Ion microprobe imaging as a tool for elucidating waterflood reactions

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 713-719

  Elphick, S C ^b   Ngwenya, B T ^b   Shimmield, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; ION MICROPROBE; RESERVOIR ROCK; SANDSTONE; SECONDARY ION IMAGING; WATERFLOOD REACTION;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SANDSTONE; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ION MICROPROBE IMAGING; RESERVOIR ANALOG SANDSTONES; WATERFLOOD REACTIONS;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 0029667868     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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