Porosity and Permeability in Bioturbated Sediments

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 837-868

  Gingras, Murray K ^a   Baniak, Greg ^a   Gordon, John ^b   Hovikoski, Jussi ^c   Konhauser, Kurt O ^a   La Croix, Andrew ^d   Lemiski, Ryan ^e   Mendoza, Carl ^a   Pemberton, S George ^a   Polo, Camilo ^a   Zonneveld, John Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HUSKY ENERGY   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Talisman Energy Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Flow media; Permeability; Porosity; Trace fossils; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868619559     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53813-0.00027-7     Document Type: Chapter

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