Secondary porosity formed by deep meteoric leaching: Botucatu eolianite, southern South America

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1073-1082

  França, Almério B ^a   Araújo, Laury M ^a   Maynard, J Barry ^b   Potter, Paul E ^b  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LEACHING; POROSITY; SANDSTONE;

METEORIC LEACHING;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; JURASSIC; LEACHING; METEORIC WATER; SANDSTONE; SECONDARY POROSITY;

BRAZIL; PARANA BASIN;

EID: 0042238457     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/02260301071     Document Type: Article

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