How burial diagenesis of chalk sediments controls sonic velocity and porosity

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1755-1778

  Fabricius, Ida Lykke ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBONATES; DISSOLUTION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; REDUCTION; STRESS ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY;

DIAGENESIS; ISOFRAME (IF) CURVES;

SEDIMENTS;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CHALK; DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; POROSITY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0344494554     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06230301113     Document Type: Article

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