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Submarine cementation patterns of Holocene reefs provide models for porosity development in ancient reef reservoirs

Journal Article · · Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6005850
An understanding of processes of formation and postdepositional alteration of Holocene carbonate buildups can aid the explorationist in locating and predicting reservoir facies in subsurface analogs. In the subsurface, ancient shelf-edge reefs may contain primary porosity that has escaped shallow subsurface cementation. This preserved primary porosity is commonly enhanced later by carbonate dissolution associated with widespread subsurface fluid migration and/or dissolution fronts along permeable stylolite zones. Therefore, given a burial history of continued subsidence, knowledge of early submarine cementation patterns is important for understanding reef facies distribution of late subsurface diagenesis.
Research Organization:
Cities Service Research, Tulsa, OK
OSTI ID:
6005850
Journal Information:
Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States) Vol. 67:3; ISSN AAPGB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English