Petrophysical properties of bioclastic platform carbonates: Implications for porosity controls during burial

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1765-1774

  Croizé, Delphine ^a   Ehrenberg, Stephen N ^b   Bjørlykke, Knut ^a   Renard, François ^a,c   Jahren, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic velocity; Carbonate; Compaction; Early diagenesis; Petrophysical properties; Porosity; Triaxial tests

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VELOCITY; AUSTRALIA; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CARBONATE SAND; CARBONATE STRATA; CONSTANT STRESS; DOLOSTONES; DRY CONDITION; EARLY DIAGENESIS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; HIGH POROSITY; LATERAL STRAIN; MECHANICAL COMPACTION; MECHANICAL TESTS; MIOCENE; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POISSON COEFFICIENTS; PORE COLLAPSE; POROSITY CONTROL; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SEA FLOOR; SHEAR MODULUS; SMALL STRAINS; TRIAXIAL TEST; WATER DEPTH; YIELD STRENGTH; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; COMPACTION; ELASTIC MODULI; FLOW OF WATER; POROSITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRAIN; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOCLASTIC ROCK; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBONATE PLATFORM; CEMENTATION; DIAGENESIS; LIMESTONE; MIOCENE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 77956230104     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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