Facies controls on the distribution of diagenesis and compaction in fluvial-deltaic deposits

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1737-1751

  Hammer, Erik ^a   Mørk, Mai Britt E ^a   Næss, Arve ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Compaction; Diagenesis; Fluviodeltaic; Kaolinite; Micro analysis; Siderite

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC; CARBONATE CEMENT; CEMENTED LAYERS; DELTA PLAIN; DELTAIC DEPOSITS; DIAGENESIS; DIAGENETICS; DIFFERENTIAL COMPACTION; DOLOMITIZATION; EARLY-TO-LATE; FLOOD PLAINS; FLUVIAL CHANNELS; FLUVIO-DELTAIC; HEIDRUN FIELD; JURASSIC; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL VARIATION; NON-CEMENTED; PORE FILLING; SANDSTONE SAMPLES; SECONDARY POROSITY; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; SIDERITE; STRATIGRAPHIC SURFACES; UPPER TRIASSIC;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; COAL DEPOSITS; COMPACTION; DISSOLUTION; KAOLINITE; METAL RECOVERY; MICA; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

IRON ORES;

BIOTITE; CEMENTATION; COMPACTION; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITIZATION; FACIES; FELDSPAR; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; KAOLINITE; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CORE; SIDERITE; TRIASSIC;

ARCTIC OCEAN; HEIDRUN FIELD; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 77956228899     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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