Depositional facies, diagenesis and their impact on the reservoir quality of Silurian sandstones from Tazhong area in central Tarim Basin, western China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 42-60

  Zhang, Jinliang ^a   Qin, Lijuan ^a   Zhang, Zhongjie ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Depositional facies; Diagenesis; Reservoir quality; Tazhong area

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CEMENTATION; CLAY MINERAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; FACIES ANALYSIS; MICROFACIES; RESERVOIR ROCK; SANDSTONE; SILURIAN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; TAZHONG; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 43249130119     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.021     Document Type: Article

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