Oil migration makes the difference: Regional distribution of carbonate cement δ13C in northern North Sea Tertiary sandstones

Clay Minerals

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-76

  Macaulay, C I ^a   Fallick, A E ^a   Haszeldine, R S ^a   McAulay, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Carbonate cements; Diagenesis; Oilfields

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON 13; CARBONIC ACID; CLAY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERAL; OIL; ROCK; SANDSTONE;

CARBONATE; CEMENTATION; DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; SANDSTONE; TERTIARY;

(NORTH); NORTH SEA;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; CEMENTS; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OIL FIELDS; SANDSTONE;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBONATE CEMENTS; DIAGENESIS; OIL MIGRATION;

CARBONATE MINERALS;

EID: 0033626677     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/000985500546738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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