Distribution of porosity and permeability in platform dolomites: insight from the Permian of west Texas

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1528-1550

  Saller, Arthur H ^a,c,d   Henderson, Nuel ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b Advanced GeoEnvironmental Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d Cities Service Oil and Gas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLOMITIZATION; PLATFORM DOLOMITES;

BRINES; CARBONATE MINERALS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL FIELDS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

DOLOMITE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; PERMIAN; POROSITY;

UNITED STATES, TEXAS;

EID: 0032144417     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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