Compaction microstructures in quartz grains and quartz cement in deeply buried reservoir sandstones using combined petrography and EBSD analysis

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1843-1854

  Mørk, Mai Britt E ^a   Moen, Kari ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Compaction; Dauphin twins; Electron backscatter diffraction analysis; Quartz cement; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; QUARTZ CEMENT; QUARTZ GRAINS;

COMPACTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NORWAY; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CEMENTATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPACTION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIAGENESIS; DIFFRACTION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SANDSTONE;

EID: 35748963519     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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