Fracture intensity vs. mechanical stratigraphy in platform top carbonates: The Aquitanian of the Asmari Formation, Khaviz Anticline, Zagros, SW Iran

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-245

  Wennberg, O P ^a   Svana T ^a   Azizzadeh, M ^b   Aqrawi, A M M ^a   Brockbank, P ^a   Lyslo, K B ^a   Ogilvie, S ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Dunham texture; Fracture intensity; Mechanical stratigraphy; Zagros

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BEDDING PLANE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DOLOMITIZATION; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; OUTCROP;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

EID: 33748290186     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079305-675     Document Type: Article

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