Compaction and Porosity Reduction in Carbonates: A Review of Observations, Theory, and Experiments

Advances in Geophysics

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-238

  Croizé, Delphine ^a   Renard, François ^a,b   Gratier, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Basin; Carbonate; Compaction; Deformation; Diagenesis; Porosity; Pressure solution creep; Stress corrosion

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CARBONATE ROCK; COMPACTION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POROSITY;

EID: 84875252116     PISSN: 00652687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380940-7.00003-2     Document Type: Chapter

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