Relationship between deep diagenetic quartz cementation and sedimentary facies in a late ordovician glacial environment (Sbaa Basin, Algeria)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1068-1084

  Tournier, Florent ^a,b   Pagel, Maurice ^a   Portier, Eric ^b   Wazir, Ibtihal ^a   Fiet, Nicolas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b GDF SUEZ   (France)

^c AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; CLAY MINERALS; COATINGS; DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEXTURES;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROPROBE DATA; FLUID INCLUSION MICROTHERMOMETRY; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS; PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE DISSOLUTION; SANDSTONE DIAGENESIS; SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS;

QUARTZ;

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CEMENTATION; DISSOLUTION; FACIES; FLUID INCLUSION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ALGERIA;

EID: 78650318005     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.094     Document Type: Article

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