Making sense of carbonate pore systems

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1381-1405

  Lønøy, Arve ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CARBONATE PORE SYSTEM; DIAGENESIS; RESERVOIR QUALITY DISTRIBUTION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CARBONATE SYSTEM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

EID: 33749027235     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/03130605104     Document Type: Article

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