Fossilized worm burrows influence the resource quality of porous media

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 875-883

  Gingras, Murray K ^a   Mendoza, Carl A ^a   Pemberton, S George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; ROCKS;

DISPERSIVITY; FOSSILIZED WORM BURROWS; TORTUOSITY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BURROW; DISPERSIVITY; DOLOMITIZATION; FOSSIL; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION;

EID: 4644247747     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/01260403065     Document Type: Article

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