Dolomitization of the lower ordovician aguathuna formation carbonates, port au port peninsula, western Newfoundland, Canada: Implications for a hydrocarbon reservoir

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 795-813

  Azmy, Karam ^a   Lavoie, Denis ^b   Knight, Ian ^b   Chi, Guoxiang ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DOLOMITIZATION; ORDOVICIAN;

CARBONATES;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBONATE; DOLOMITE; DOLOMITIZATION; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; METEORIC WATER; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; PORT AU PORT PENINSULA;

BELEMNOIDEA;

EID: 50849126546     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-020     Document Type: Article

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