Composition, porosity, and reservoir potential of the Middle Jurassic Kashafrud Formation, northeast Iran

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1094-1110

  Poursoltani, Mehdi Reza ^a   Gibling, Martin R ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Hydrocarbons; Iran; Jurassic; Kashafrud Formation; Kopet Dagh Basin; Permeability; Petrography; Porosity

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; IRAN; JURASSIC; KASHAFRUD FORMATION; KOPET-DAGH BASIN; PERMEABILITY;

CARBONATE MINERALS; CEMENTS; DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBONS; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; MICA; MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; QUARTZ; REFLECTION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WEATHERING;

POROSITY;

COMPACTION; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; JURASSIC; PERMEABILITY; PETROGRAPHY; SANDSTONE; UPLIFT;

IRAN; KOPET-DAGH BASIN;

MICAS;

EID: 79952619574     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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