Fractured hydrothermal dolomite reservoirs in the Devonian Dundee Formation of the central Michigan Basin

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1787-1801

  Luczaj, John A ^a   Harrison III, William B ^b   Williams, Natalie Smith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DOLOMITE RESERVOIRS; FRACTURE-CONTROLLED RESERVOIRS; HYDROTHERMAL RESERVOIRS; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

DEVONIAN; DOLOMITE; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; THERMAL EVOLUTION; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

MICHIGAN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751552203     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06270605082     Document Type: Article

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