Reservoir and aquifer characterization of fluvial architectural elements: Stubensandstein, Upper Triassic, southwest Germany

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 215-280

  Hornung, Jens ^a   Aigner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Fluvial architecture; Gamma ray; German Upper Triassic; Outcrop analogue; Permeability; Reservoir characterization; Sedimentary cycles, porosity; Terminal alluvial plain

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; TRIASSIC;

GERMANY;

EID: 0033489973     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00103-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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