Meteoric-water diagenesis in late Cretaceous canyon-fill turbidite reservoirs from the Espírito Santo Basin, eastern Brazil

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-26

  Mansurbeg, H ^a,g   De Ros, L F ^b   Morad, S ^a,c   Ketzer, J M ^d   El Ghali, M A K ^e   Caja, M A ^f   Othman, R ^g  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g SORAN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Reservoir quality; Turbidites; Urucutuca

Indexed keywords

CEMENT TYPE; CO-VARIANCE; DIAGENESIS; DIAGENETIC EVOLUTION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; ISOTOPIC VALUES; KAOLINIZATION; LATE CRETACEOUS; MECHANICAL COMPACTION; METEORIC WATERS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; RESERVOIR-QUALITY; SEDIMENT BURIAL; THERMAL DECARBOXYLATION; TURBIDITE RESERVOIRS; TURBIDITES; URUCUTUCA;

CARBOXYLATION; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); IRON ORES; KAOLINITE; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATES;

CALCITE;

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CEMENTATION; CRETACEOUS; DECARBOXYLATION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MARINE SEDIMENT; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SANDSTONE; TURBIDITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; ESPIRITO SANTO BASIN;

EID: 84864779146     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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