A strategy for modelling the diagenetic evolution of seismic properties in sandstones

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 309-323

  Dræge, Anders ^a   Johansen, Tor Arne ^a   Brevik, Ivar ^b   Dræge, Camilla Thorsen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c NORSAR   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cementation; Diagenesis; Mineralogy; Rock physics; Sandstone; Velocity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; PETROLOGY; SANDSTONE; SEISMOLOGY; STIFFNESS;

CEMENTATION; CLAY MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; MINERALOGY; MODELING; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 33750849047     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079305-691     Document Type: Article

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