Sandstone porosity related to vitrinite reflectance

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 277-284

  Wangen, Magnus ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Quartz cementation; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; POROSITY;

EID: 23444449909     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079304-636     Document Type: Article

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