Systematic diagenetic changes in the grain-scale morphology and permeability of a quartz-cemented quartz arenite

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1067-1088

  Cook, Jennie E ^a   Goodwin, Laurel B ^a   Boutt, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTING (SHAFTS); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MORPHOLOGY; PORE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; DIAGENETIC PROCESS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; QUARTZ CEMENTATION; SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION;

QUARTZ;

ARENITE; COMPACTION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAGENESIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SORTING;

EID: 79959938965     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/11151010009     Document Type: Article

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