Predicting porosity reduction due to silica diagenesis using seismic reflection data

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1543-1553

  Meadows, David ^a   Davies, Richard J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basin modelling; Porosity prediction; Seismic reflection data; Silica diagenesis

Indexed keywords

BASIN MODELLING; BIOGENIC SILICA; CRISTOBALITE; DIAGENETIC; DIFFERENTIAL COMPACTION; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; FORWARD MODELLING; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; POROSITY REDUCTION; RUSSIAN FAR EAST; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; SILICA DIAGENESIS;

COMPACTION; POROSITY; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SEISMOLOGY;

BASIN ANALYSIS; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; DIAGENESIS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; OVERBURDEN; POROSITY; PREDICTION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SILICA;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL; MORE BASIN; NORWEGIAN SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN; VORING BASIN;

EID: 67650221295     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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