Computer modeling bioturbation: The creation of porous and permeable fluid-flow pathways

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 545-556

  La Croix, Andrew D ^a   Gingras, Murray K ^b   Dashtgard, Shahin E ^a   Pemberton, S George ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOTURBATION INTENSITY; COMPUTER MODELING; FLUID-FLOW PATHWAYS; RESERVE ESTIMATES; SEDIMENT VOLUMES; SUBSURFACE AQUIFERS; SURROUNDING MATRIX; TRACE FOSSILS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

BIOTURBATION; BURROW; COMPUTER; CONNECTIVITY; EXPLOITATION; FLUID FLOW; ICHNOFACIES; MARINE SEDIMENT; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; PROBABILITY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TRACE FOSSIL; VOLUME;

CRUZIANA; PLANOLITES; SKOLITHOS; THALASSINOIDES; ZOOPHYCOS;

EID: 84858957918     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/07141111038     Document Type: Article

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