Meteoric versus burial control on porosity evolution of the Smackover Formation

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1779-1797

  Heydari, Ezat ^a  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPACTION; COMPOSITION; DATA REDUCTION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; POROSITY; SOILS;

CEMENTATION; INTERGRANULAR POROSITY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; METEORIC WATER; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

BLACK CREEK FIELD; MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344925602     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/07070302009     Document Type: Article

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