Diagenesis and reservoir potential of Permian-Triassic Fluvial/Lacustrine sandstones in the southern Junggar basin, northwestern China

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1843-1865

  Tang, Zhaohui ^a,b,c,d   Parnell, John ^b,e,f   Longstaffe, Fred J ^a,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c Chengdu Institute of Technology   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; MINERALOGY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

DIAGENESIS; FLUVIAL/LACUSTRINE SANDSTONES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

DIAGENESIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE DEPOSIT; PERMIAN; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; TRIASSIC;

CHINA, XINJIANG, JUNGGAR BASIN;

EID: 0031277856     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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