Contact diagenesis: The effect of an intrusion on reservoir quality in the triassic sherwood sandstone group, Northern Ireland

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 484-495

  McKinley, Jennifer M ^a   Worden, Richard H ^a   Ruffell, Alastair H ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BINARY ALLOYS; CALCITE; FELDSPAR; HEMATITE; POROSITY; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; TALC;

ANISOTROPIC PERMEABILITY; COATING FLAKES; CONTACT TEMPERATURE; EQUILIBRIUM REACTIONS; MINERAL REACTIONS; NORTHERN IRELAND; RESERVOIR QUALITY; THERMAL HISTORY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DIAGENESIS; DOLERITE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SANDSTONE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 14344284948     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/2DC40957-0E47-11D7-8643000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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