Diagenetic modeling to assess the relative timing of quartz cementation and brittle grain processes during compaction

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 873-885

  Makowitz, Astrid ^a,b   Lander, Robert H ^c   Milliken, Kitty L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^c Geocosm LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE TESTING; QUARTZ DEPOSITS;

DIAGENETIC MODELING; GRAIN FRACTURING; QUARTZ CEMENTATION;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CEMENTATION; COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; DIAGENESIS; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; ILLINOIS BASIN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VALLEY OF MEXICO;

EID: 33745632382     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/12190505044     Document Type: Article

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