Burial dolomitization and dissolution of Upper Jurassic Abenaki platform carbonates, Deep Panuke reservoir, Nova Scotia, Canada

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1843-1861

  Wierzbicki, Rick ^a   Dravis, Jeffrey J ^b   Al Aasm, Ihsan ^c   Harland, Nancy ^a  

^a ENCANA CORPORATION   (Canada)

^b Dravis Geological Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; FRACTURE; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

DOLOMITES; DOLOMITIZATION; DOLOMITIZED GRAINS; PLATFORM CARBONATES; TECTONIC FRACTURES;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DISSOLUTION; DOLOMITIZATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 33751534940     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/03200605074     Document Type: Article

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