Predicting porosity through simulating sandstone compaction and quartz cementation

AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists)

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 433-449

  Lander, R H ^a   Walderhaug, O ^b  

^a Geologica   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUARTZ CEMENTATION; SANDSTONE COMPACTION;

COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRESSES; TEXTURES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

CEMENTATION; COMPACTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE;

EID: 0033101842     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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