Origin, distribution and significance of carbonate cements in the Albert formation reservoir sandstones, New Brunswick, Canada

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 837-846

  Chowdhury, Ali H ^a,b   Noble, James P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Environ Plan and Sciences Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbonate cements; Fluvio lacustrine sandstones; Origin of pore fluids

Indexed keywords

LUMINESCENCE OF SOLIDS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SANDSTONE;

ANKERITES; CARBONATE CEMENTS; FLUVIO LACUSTRINE SANDSTONES;

CARBONACEOUS SHALE;

ANKERITE; CALCITE; CEMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SANDSTONE;

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK;

EID: 0030295036     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(96)00002-5     Document Type: Article

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