Porosity-preserving chlorite cements in shallow-marine volcaniclastic sandstones: Evidence from cretaceous sandstones of the sawan gas field, Pakistan

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 595-615

  Berger, Anna ^a   Gier, Susanne ^a   Krois, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; CHLORITE MINERALS; COMPACTION; FELDSPAR; GAS INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROSITY; QUARTZ; ROCK PRODUCTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DIRECT PRECIPITATION; ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE; EXPECTED ULTIMATE RECOVERIES; FELDSPAR DISSOLUTION; LITHIC COMPONENTS; QUARTZ CEMENTATION; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES;

SANDSTONE;

CEMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PERMEABILITY; POROELASTICITY; SANDBAR; SANDSTONE; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SAWAN GAS FIELD; SIND; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67649772125     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/01300908096     Document Type: Article

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