Permeability evolution during deformation of siliciclastic sandstones from Moab, Utah

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 85, 2005, Pages 219-236

  Kwon, O ^a,c   Ngwenya, B T ^b   Main, I G ^b   Elphick, S C ^b  

^a Core Laboratories ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c OMNI Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

EID: 33645531614     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/1033725M853137     Document Type: Article

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