Sedimentological and marine eogenetic control on porosity distribution in Upper Cretaceous carbonate turbidites (central Albania)

Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-264

  Dewever, Ben ^a   Breesch, L ^a   Mezini, A ^b   Swennen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b National Scientific Centre of Hydrocarbons   (United States)

Author keywords

Albania; Carbonate turbidite; Eogenesis; Neomorphism; Porosity distribution; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CRETACEOUS; LITHOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICRITE; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TURBIDITE;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33947223575     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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