Early diagenesis of inner-shelf phosphorite and iron-silicate minerals, lower cretaceous of the orpheus graben, southeastern Canada: Implication for the origin of chlorite rims

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1153-1168

  Pe Piper, Georgia ^a   Weir Murphy, Shawna ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Mary's University College   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE MINERALS; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS; PHOSPHORUS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEXTURES;

BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGES; EARLY DIAGENESIS; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; LOWER CRETACEOUS; OFFSHORE RESERVOIRS; OXIDATION POTENTIALS; QUARTZ CEMENTATION; RESERVOIR QUALITY;

IRON OXIDES;

BERTHIERINE; CEMENTATION; CHLORITE; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GRABEN; KEROGEN; MINERALIZATION; PHOSPHORITE; QUARTZ; RESERVOIR ROCK; SANDSTONE; SHALE; SILICATE MINERAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 53649092015     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/05050807118     Document Type: Article

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