High temperature quartz cementation and the timing of hydrocarbon accumulation in the Jurassic Norphlet sandstone, offshore Gulf of Mexico, USA

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 237, Issue , 2004, Pages 257-278

  Taylor, Thomas ^a   Stancliffe, Richard ^b   Macaulay, Calum ^a   Hathon, Lori ^a  

^a Shell International Exploration and Production Inc   (United States)

^b Shell Exploration and Production Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; POROSITY; QUARTZ;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 11044228957     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.237.01.15     Document Type: Article

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