Reprint of: Diagenetic controls on evolution of porosity and permeability in lower Tertiary Wilcox sandstones from shallow to ultradeep (200-6700m) burial, Gulf of Mexico Basin, U.S.A.

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1775-1787

  Dutton, Shirley P ^a   Loucks, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; Permeability; Porosity; Reservoir quality; Sandstone diagenesis; Wilcox sandstone

Indexed keywords

GULF OF MEXICO; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR QUALITY; SANDSTONE DIAGENESIS; WILCOX SANDSTONE;

CLAY MINERALS; COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITS; DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; MICROPOROSITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POTASSIUM; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY;

SANDSTONE;

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; TERTIARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 77956229824     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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