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| Title | Burial diagenesis and porosity evolution, upper Jurassic Smackover, Arkansas and Louisiana |
| Creator/Author | Moore, C.H. ; Druckman, Y. |
| Publication Date | 1981 Apr 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 5569412 |
| Other Number(s) | Journal ID: CODEN: AAPGB |
| Resource Type | Journal Article |
| Resource Relation | Journal Name: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States); Journal Volume: 65:4 |
| Research Org | Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge |
| Subject | 02 PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; DIAGENESIS; EXPLORATION; ARKANSAS; CARBONATE ROCKS; GEOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; JURASSIC PERIOD; LOUISIANA; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; STRATIGRAPHY; FEDERAL REGION VI; GEOLOGIC AGES; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; MESOZOIC ERA; MINERAL RESOURCES; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RESOURCES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; USA |
| Description/Abstract | The Jurassic upper Smackover ooid-lime-grainstone of the central Gulf Coast has been a major hydrocarbon exploration target for nearly half a century. Study of the geologic and sedimentologic framework, petrography, two-phase fluid inclusions, and trace element and stable isotope chemistry indicates the following diagenetic history. The upper Smackover is a blanket ooid grainstone ranging in thickness from 300 to 400 ft and covering at least 4000 sq mi. Three diagenetic zones are present: (1) a northern zone, dominated by oomoldic porosity and preburial spar cementation; (2) a southern zone, characterized by compaction effects, late subsurface cement, primary porosity preservation, and late secondary subsurface porosity generation; and (3) a transitional zone having characteristics common to both the northern and southern zones. This would include carbonate rocks heretofore thought to be well below the depth of carbonate porosity maintenance because of lithostatic load. 13 figures, 7 tables. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: X; Size: Pages: 597-628 |
| System Entry Date | 2009 Dec 16 |
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