Carbonate rocks and petroleum reservoirs: a geological perspective from the industry

TP Burchette - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2012 - lyellcollection.org
Carbonate oil reservoirs are sometimes regarded with apprehension in the petroleum
industry since it can be difficult to predict the quality of, and ensure high recovery factors …

The role of hydrocarbons in ore formation at the Pillara Mississippi Valley-type Zn-Pb deposit, Canning Basin, Western Australia

NC Hurtig, JJ Hanley, AP Gysi - Ore Geology Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydrocarbons have been suggested previously to play a role as reducing agents for in-situ
sulfate reduction—one of several key components of the model proposed for ore formation …

Hyperspectral image analysis of different carbonate lithologies (limestone, karst and hydrothermal dolomites): the Pozalagua Quarry case study (Cantabria, North …

TH Kurz, J Dewit, SJ Buckley, JB Thurmond… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Ground‐based hyperspectral imaging combined with terrestrial lidar scanning is a novel
technique for outcrop analysis, which has been applied to Early and Late Albian carbonates …

Structural diagenesis of shallow platform carbonates: Role of early embrittlement on fracture setting and distribution, case study of Monte Alpi (Southern Apennines …

V La Bruna, J Lamarche, F Agosta, A Rustichelli… - Journal of Structural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bed-perpendicular, opening-mode diffuse fractures are common features in carbonate rocks
because they become brittle during the first stages of diagenesis. Early-fractures could be …

Tectonic versus diagenetic origin of fractures in a naturally fractured carbonate reservoir analog (Nerthe anticline, southeastern France)

APC Lavenu, J Lamarche, A Gallois… - AAPG …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Field analogs allow a better characterization of fracture networks to constrain naturally
fractured reservoir models. In analogs, the origin, nature, geometry, and other attributes of …

Syndepositional deformation features in high-relief carbonate platforms: long-lived conduits for diagenetic fluids

DA Budd, EL Frost III… - Journal of …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Syndepositional faults and fractures are known to affect early fluid flow in carbonate
platforms. Less clear is whether they are active fluid conduits throughout the entire history of …

Margin collapse and slope failure along southwestern Great Bahama Bank

A Jo, GP Eberli, M Grasmueck - Sedimentary Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Steep convex-bankward embayments into carbonate platform margins, often called
“scalloped margins”, have been observed in ancient examples and along modern platform …

What controls diffuse fractures in platform carbonates? Insights from Provence (France) and Apulia (Italy)

APC Lavenu, J Lamarche - Journal of Structural Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Fractures are widespread in rocks and regional opening-mode arrays are commonly
ascribed to major tectonic events. However, fractures occur in otherwise undeformed rocks …

When do fractures initiate during the geological history of a sedimentary basin? Test case of a loading-fracturing path methodology

JP Petit, AI Chemenda, D Minisini, P Richard… - Journal of Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
We propose a methodology to determine the initiation and reactivation of fracturing during
the geological history of a sedimentary basin. The data input is derived from the Eagle Ford …

Syndepositional fractures and architecture of the lastoni di formin carbonate platform: Insights from virtual outcrop models and field studies

R Inama, N Menegoni, C Perotti - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
The recent rapid improvement of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, together with advances in
photogrammetry and Structure from Motion techniques, have enhanced the role of Digital …