Prominence of ichnologically influenced macroporosity in the karst Biscayne aquifer: Stratiform "super-K" zones

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 164-180

  Cunningham, Kevin J ^a   Sukop, Michael C ^b   Huang, Haibo ^b   Alvarez, Pedro F ^b,d   Curran, H Allen ^c   Renken, Robert A ^a   Dixon, Joann F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifers; Carbonate sedimentology; Ichnology; Karst; Lattice Boltzmann methods; Petroleum reservoirs

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; KINETIC THEORY; LANDFORMS; LIME; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

CONCENTRATED GROUNDWATER; ICHNOLOGY; KARST; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN FLOW; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; BURROWING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ICHNOLOGY; KARST; MACROPORE; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; BISCAYNE AQUIFER; EASTERN PROVINCE [SAUDI ARABIA]; EURASIA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GHAWAR FIELD; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED STATES;

CALLIANASSIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OPHIOMORPHA (CRUSTACEAN); THALASSINIDEA;

EID: 69949145616     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26392.1     Document Type: Article

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