Dolomitization of the lower St. George Group on the Northern Peninsula in western Newfoundland: Implications for lateral distribution of porosity

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 361-374

  Azmy, K ^a   Conliffe, J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHEDRAL; CRYSTAL-SIZE; DEEP BURIALS; DOLOMITIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HOMOGENIZATION TEMPERATURES; INTERCRYSTALLINE; LATERAL DISTRIBUTIONS; MEAN VALUES; NEGATIVE SHIFT; NEWFOUNDLANDS; ORDOVICIAN; PETROGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS; PORE FILLING; POROUS ZONES; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SECONDARY POROSITY; SHALLOW MARINE; TWO PHASE FLUID; VISUAL ESTIMATE;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRATIGRAPHY;

POROSITY;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DOLOMITIZATION; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHALLOW WATER; THIN SECTION; TREMADOCIAN;

CANADA; GREAT NORTHERN PENINSULA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 80053251261     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscpgbull.58.4.361     Document Type: Article

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