Diagenesis and evolution of microporosity of Middle-Upper Devonian Kee Scarp reefs, Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada: Petrographic and chemical evidence

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-100

  Al Aasm, Ihsan S ^a   Azmy, Karem K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DEVONIAN; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; KEE SCARP REEF; NEOMORPHISM; POROSITY;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, NORMAN WELLS;

EID: 0029730748     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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