Diagenesis, compaction, and fluid chemistry modeling of a sandstone near a pressure seal: Lower Tuscaloosa Formation, Gulf Coast

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1045-1064

  Weedman, Suzanne D ^a,b   Brantley, Susan L ^a   Shiraki, Ryoji ^a,c   Poulson, Simon R ^a,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CALCITE; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE;

CALCITE CEMENT PRECIPITATION; DIAGENESIS; LOWER TUSCALOOSA FORMATION; PRISMATIC QUARTZ CEMENT PRECIPITATION; QUARTZ OVERGROWTH PRECIPITATION;

OIL BEARING FORMATIONS;

CALCITE; COMPACTION; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; FLUID COMPOSITION; OVER PRESSURE; OVERPRESSURE; PRECIPITATION; QUARTZ;

USA, GULF COAST;

EID: 0030186208     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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