Predictive distribution of shallow marine, low-porosity (pseudomatrix-rich) sandstones in a sequence stratigraphic framework - Example from the Ferron sandstone, Upper Cretaceous, USA

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Ketzer, J M ^a,b   Morad, S ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

Parasequence; Pseudomatrix; Reservoir quality; Sandstone diagenesis

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMATRIX; RESERVOIR QUALITY; SANDSTONE DIAGENESIS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROGRAPHY;

CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29444458591     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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