High-resolution stratigraphic architecture and lithological heterogeneity within marginal aeolian reservoir analogues

Sedimentology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1246-1279

  Taggart, Samantha ^a   Hampson, Gary J ^a   Jackson, Matthew D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facies architecture; Heterogeneity; Hydrocarbon reservoirs; Marginal aeolian; Outcrop analogues; Utah

Indexed keywords

FACIES ARCHITECTURE; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS; MARGINAL AEOLIAN; OUTCROP ANALOGUES; UTAH;

ARCHITECTURE; DEPOSITS; HYDROCARBONS; LITHOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PLASTIC FLOW; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

SANDSTONE;

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; FACIES ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; LITHOLOGY; OUTCROP; PERMIAN; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

INDIAN CREEK; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 77955256454     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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