Controls on diagenesis of Lower Cretaceous reservoir sandstones in the western Sable Subbasin, offshore Nova Scotia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 224, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 65-83

  Karim, Atika ^a,b   Pe Piper, Georgia ^a,b   Piper, David J W ^a,b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Diagenesis; Sandstone; Scotian Basin; Siderite

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LITHOFACIES; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SIDERITE; SYSTEMS TRACT; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA; SABLE BASIN;

EID: 77649181624     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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