Depositional and diagenetic variability within the Cambrian Mount Simon Sandstone: Implications for carbon dioxide sequestration

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 69-89

  Bowen, Brenda B ^a   Ochoa, Raul I ^a   Wilkens, Nathan D ^a   Brophy, James ^b   Lovell, Thomas R ^a   Fischietto, Nick ^a   Medina, Cristian R ^b   Rupp, John A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIANS; CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION; COMPOSITIONAL PROPERTIES; DEPTH RANGE; DIAGENETIC PROCESS; DIAGENETICS; GEOPHYSICAL LOGS; ILLINOIS; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; OXIDE GRAINS; PETROPHYSICAL; PORE SPACE; RESERVOIR CAPACITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; RESERVOIR QUALITY; THIN SECTION;

CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FELDSPAR; IRON OXIDES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; WATER INJECTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CAMBRIAN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; FACIES; FELDSPAR; IRON OXIDE; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PORE SPACE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RESERVOIR; SANDSTONE;

ILLINOIS BASIN; MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81855196129     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/eg.07271010012     Document Type: Article

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