Burial dissolution of micrite in Middle East carbonate reservoirs (Jurassic-Cretaceous): Keys for recognition and timing

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-92

  Lambert, Laurent ^a   Durlet, Christophe ^a   Loreau, Jean Paul ^a   Marnier, Gérard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbonate reservoir; Diagenesis; Micrite; Middle East

Indexed keywords

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; BURIAL DISSOLUTION; MICROPOROUS RESERVOIRS;

CARBONATES; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DISSOLUTION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROPOROSITY; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; MICRITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 29444441461     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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