An integrated study of diagenesis and depositional facies in tidal sandstones: Hawaz formation (Middle Ordovician), Murzuq Basin, Libya

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-65

  Abouessa, A ^a   Morad, S ^b  

^a LIBYAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Diagenesis; Hawaz Formation; Libya; Murzuq Basin; Ordovician; Qarqaf Arch; Sandstone reservoir; Tidal sandstones

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; CLAY MINERALS; COMPACTION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCARBONS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IRON ORES; KAOLINITE; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PYRITES; QUARTZ; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BIOTURBATION; DIAGENESIS; HAWAZ FORMATION; LIBYA; MURZUQ BASIN; ORDOVICIAN; QARQAF ARCH; SANDSTONE RESERVOIR; TIDAL SANDSTONES;

SANDSTONE;

BIOTURBATION; CEMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; GOETHITE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; ORDOVICIAN; OUTCROP; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PYRITE; QUARTZ; RESERVOIR ROCK; SANDSTONE; SIDERITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MURZUQ BASIN; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 58149131581     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: 17475457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2009.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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