Diagenesis and reservoir-quality evolution of incised-valley sandstone: Evidence from the Abu Madi gas reservoirs (upper Miocene), the Nile Delta Basin, Egypt

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 572-584

  Salem, Alaa M ^a   Ketzer, J M ^a,b   Morad, S ^a   Rizk, Raafat R ^c   Al Aasm, I S ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Belayim Petroleum Company   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CALCITE; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); DEPOSITION; IRON ALLOYS; LANDFORMS; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PYRITES; QUARTZ; STRATIGRAPHY;

DIAGENETIC ALTERATION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MECHANICAL COMPACTION; PRESSURE DISSOLUTION; QUARTZ CEMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS;

SANDSTONE;

DIAGENESIS; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INCISED VALLEY; MIOCENE; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 27244449596     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.047     Document Type: Article

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