Influences of depositional environment and diagenesis on geophysical log response in the South Carolina Coastal Plain: Effects of sedimentary fabric and mineralogy

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 163-180

  Siron, Donald L ^a,c   Segall, Marylin P ^b  

^a SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay mineralogy; Coastal plain; Continental shelf; Detrital; Diagenetic; Fabric; Fluvial; Geophysical logs; Marine; Microscale

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE LOGGING; CLAY MINERALOGY; COASTAL PLAIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS;

USA, SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0030986833     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00052-8     Document Type: Article

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