Microfracturing in the Upper Triassic Sichuan Basin tight-gas sandstones: Tectonic, overpressure, and diagenetic origins

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1811-1825

  Zeng, Lianbo ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; FELDSPAR; FRACTURE; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; TECTONICS; TEXTURES;

CLEAVAGE FRACTURE; DIAGENETIC FRACTURES; EARLY PLEISTOCENE; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; TIGHT GAS SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; TIGHT GAS SANDSTONES; WESTERN SICHUAN BASIN; XUJIAHE FORMATION;

TIGHT GAS;

BEDDING PLANE; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CRETACEOUS; FLUID INCLUSION; MICROFACIES; NATURAL GAS; OVERPRESSURE; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; TRIASSIC;

CHINA; SICHUAN; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 78651384192     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06301009191     Document Type: Article

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