Diagenesis and reservoir quality of Miocene sandstones in the Vienna Basin, Austria

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 681-695

  Gier, Susanne ^a   Worden, Richard H ^b   Johns, William D ^c   Kurzweil, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate cement; Compaction; Ductile lithic grains; Illite smectite ratio; Quartz cement; Reservoir quality; Sandstone diagenesis; Vienna Basin

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; CARBONATE CEMENT; CEMENT CONTENTS; COMPACTION; DIAGENETIC; DIAGENETIC EVOLUTION; DUCTILE LITHIC GRAINS; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; ILLITE-SMECTITE RATIO; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC SEDIMENTS; MICRO PROBES; MIOCENE; NEO GENES; PORE SPACES; QUARTZ CEMENT; RECRYSTALLISATION; RESERVOIR QUALITY; S OURCE ROCKS; SANDSTONE DIAGENESIS; SMECTITE; VIENNA BASIN;

BONE CEMENT; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CLADDING (COATING); CLAY MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRAIN GROWTH; HISTORY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KAOLINITE; MICA; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROSITY; PYRITES; QUALITY CONTROL; QUARTZ; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CEMENTS;

DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; JURASSIC; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; OIL PRODUCTION; PETROGRAPHY; PHASE TRANSITION; POROSITY; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOURCE ROCK; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; VIENNA BASIN;

EID: 52149122705     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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