Spatial variation in quartz cement type and concentration: An example from the Heidelberg formation (Teufelsmauer outcrops), Upper Cretaceous Subhercynian Basin, Germany

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 291, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-61

  Fischer, Cornelius ^a,b   Waldmann, Svenja ^c   Von Eynatten, Hilmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Highly cemented sandstone; Microquartz; Quartz cement; Reservoir partitioning

Indexed keywords

CATACLASTIC DEFORMATION; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION PRECIPITATIONS; ENHANCED DISSOLUTIONS; MICROQUARTZ; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; QUARTZ CEMENTS; STATIONARY FLUID FLOW;

CEMENTING (SHAFTS); DEFORMATION; DISSOLUTION; LASERS; QUARTZ; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CEMENTS;

CEMENT; CEMENTATION; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; PARTITIONING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SILICA;

GERMANY; QUEDLINBURG; SAXONY-ANHALT;

EID: 84877653911     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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