Diagenesis and petrophysics of the early Permian Moogooloo Sandstone, Southern Carnarvon basin, Western Australia

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 250-265

  Baker, Julian C ^a,b,c   Havord, Peter J ^d,e   Martin, Ken R ^a   Ghori, K Ameed R ^d  

^a K R Martin Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Santos Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THERMAL MATURITY;

CORE ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; SANDSTONE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PERMIAN; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; THERMAL MATURITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034065369     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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