Recognition and delineation of paleokarst zones by the use of wireline logs in the bitumen-saturated upper devonian grosmont formation of northeastern Alberta, Canada

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 695-712

  Dembicki, Eugene A ^a,b   Machel, Hans G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b D3 Petroleum Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; EROSION; FRACTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL SANDS; OIL WELL LOGGING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

BITUMEN; COLLAPSE BRECCIAS; EROSIONAL SURFACE; METER SIZE DISSOLUTION CAVITIES; PALEOKARST ZONES; RESERVOIR PROPERTIES; UPPER DEVONIAN GROSMONT FORMATION; WIRELINE LOGS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BITUMEN; DEVONIAN; GROSMONT FORMATION; PALAEOKARST; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTICS; WIRELINE LOG;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

EID: 0029667870     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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