Sequence stratigraphy and controls on reservoir sandstone distribution in an Eocene marginal marine-coastal plain fairway, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-137

  Higgs, K E ^a   King, P R ^a   Raine, J I ^a   Sykes, R ^a   Browne, G H ^a   Crouch, E M ^a   Baur, J R ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coal sulphur; Coastal plain; Facies analysis; Non marine to shallow marine; Petroleum fairway; Reservoir sandstones; Sequence stratigraphy; Taranaki Basin

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; FACIES ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR SANDSTONES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALLOW MARINE; TARANAKI BASIN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COAL; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFUR; WELL LOGGING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

COASTAL PLAIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; FACIES ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RESERVOIR ROCK; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; TARANAKI BASIN;

EID: 84856710589     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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