Carbonate Reservoirs Porosity Evolution and Diagenesis in a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework

Preface.lt;/b> Chapter 1. The Nature of the Carbonate Depositional System. The Basic Nature of Carbonate Sediments and Sedimentation.lt;/b> (Sample images from CD-ROM in pdf format: ) Introduction.lt;/b> Origin of carbonate sediments. The reef: a unique depositional environment. Unique biological control over the texture and fabric of carbonate sediments. Carbonate grain composition. Carbonate rock classification. Efficiency of the carbonate factory and its impact on patterns of carbonate sedimentation. Carbonate platform types and facies models. Summary.lt;/b> Chapter 2. Concepts of Sequence Stratigraphy as Applied to Carbonate Depositional Systems.lt;/b> (Sample images from CD-ROM in pdf format: ) Introduction.lt;/b> Sequence Stratigraphy.lt;/b> Eustasy, tectonics and sedimentation: the basic accommodation model. Hierarchy of Stratigraphic Cycles. Introduction of Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphic Models. The Ramp Sequence Stratigraphic Model. The Rimmed Shelf Sequence Stratigraphic Model. The Escarpment Margin Sequence Stratigraphic Model. Sequence Stratigraphic Model of Isolated Platforms. High-frequency cyclicity on carbonate platforms: carbonate parasequences. The Consequences of the High-Chemical Reactivity of Carbonate Sediments and Rocks During Exposure at Sequence Boundaries.lt;/b> Carbonate minerals and their relative stability. Controls over the mineralogy of carbonate sediments, today and in the past. Mineralogy of ancient limestones: the concept of early progressive mineral stabilization and porosity evolution. Summary.lt;/b> Chapter 3. The Classification of Carbonate Porosity.lt;/b> (Sample images from CD-ROM in pdf format: ) Introduction.lt;/b> The Nature and Classification of Carbonate Porosity.lt;/b> Choquette and Pray porosity classification. The Lucia rock fabric/petrophysical carbonate porosity classification. The Nature of Primary Porosity in Modern Sediments.lt;/b> Intergrain porosity. Intragrain porosity. Depositional porosity of mud-bearing sediments. Framework and fenestral porosity. Secondary Porosity.lt;/b> Introduction. Secondary porosity formation by dissolution. Secondary porosity associated with dolomitization. Secondary porosity associated with breccias. Secondary porosity associated with fractures. Summary.lt;/b> Chapter 4. Diagenetic Environments of Porosity Modification and Tools for their Recognition in the Geologic Record61.lt;/b> (Sample images from CD-ROM in pdf format: ) Introduction.lt;/b> Marine environment. Meteoric environment. Subsurface environment. Petrography-cement morphology. Petrography-cement distribution patterns. Petrography-grain-cement relationships relative to compaction. Trace element geochemistry of calcite cements and dolomites. Stable isotopes. Strontium isotopes. Fluid Inclusions. Chapter 5. Normal Marine Diagenetic Environments.lt;/b> (Sample images from CD-ROM in pdf format: ) Introduction.lt;/b> Shallow Water, Normal Marine Diagenetic Environments.lt;/b> Abiotic shallow marine carbonate cementation. Recognition of ancient shallow marine abiotic cements. Biologically mediated marine carbonate cementation and diagenesis. Diagenetic setting in the intertidal zone. Modern shallow water submarine hardgrounds. Recognition and significance of ancient hardgrounds. Diagenetic setting in the modern reef environment. Recognition of reef-related marine diagenesis in the ancient record. Early marine lithification of the Permian Capitan reef complex New Mexico, USA. PorosityMoore, C. H. is the author of 'Carbonate Reservoirs Porosity Evolution and Diagenesis in a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework', published 0011 under ISBN 9780444508386 and ISBN 0444508384.