Changes in reservoir quality determined from the diagenetic evolution of Triassic and Lower Lias sedimentary successions (Balazuc borehole, Ardèche, France)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 685-688

  Vinchon, Charlotte ^a   Giot, Denis ^a   Orsag Sperber, Fabienne ^b   Arbey, François ^b   Thibieroz, Jacques ^c   Cros, Pierre ^c   Jeannette, Daniel ^d   Sizun, Jean Pierre ^d  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Et Université de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

Burial; Depositional environments; Diagenesis; Geometry of sedimentary bodies; Mineral sequences; Porosity; Reservoir quality; Tectonism

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DISSOLUTION; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TECTONICS; WELL LOGGING;

BRECCIA; CALCARENITE; DIAGENETIC EVOLUTION; DIAGENETIC MINERAL SEQUENCES; FRANCE; MINERAL DEPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; PEDOGENESIS; SEDIMENTARY SUCCESSIONS; TECTONISM;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

BURIAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR QUALITY;

FRANCE, RHONE-ALPES, ARDECHE, BALAZUC;

EID: 0030235863     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(96)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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