Modeling fracture porosity evolution in dolostone

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1201-1211

  Gale, Julia F W ^a   Lander, Robert H ^b   Reed, Robert M ^a   Laubach, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Geocosm LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cement growth; Diagenesis; Dolomite; Opening mode fracture

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CRYSTAL GROWTH MODEL; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; DOLOSTONES; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; EUHEDRAL CRYSTALS; FRACTURE POROSITY; FRACTURE SIZE; FRACTURED SANDSTONES; GRAIN SURFACE; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; OPENING-MODE FRACTURE; QUARTZ CEMENTS; THIN VENEER;

CRACKS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; FRACTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CEMENTS;

CEMENT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; DOLOSTONE; FRACTURE; MODELING; POROSITY; QUARTZ; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 78649444353     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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