Effects of differential cementation on the sonic velocities of upper cretaceous skeletal grainstones (Southeastern Netherlands)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 178-185

  Kenter, Jeroen A M ^a   Fouke, Bruce W ^a   Reinders, Marc ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); DEPOSITION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POROSITY; SEISMIC WAVES; TEXTURES;

HIGH POROSITY; INTERGRANULAR; P-WAVE VELOCITY; POROSITY SPACE; SONIC VELOCITY; STRONG CORRELATION; TIME-AVERAGE VELOCITIES; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

VELOCITY;

CEMENTATION; LIMESTONE; P WAVE; POROSITY; SKELETAL GRAINSTONE; SONIC VELOCITY;

NETHERLANDS, LIMBURG;

EID: 0030974451     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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