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Calcium carbonate cementation of sandstones
Author(s) -
FLEMING NIALL
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.1993.tb01068.x
Subject(s) - cementation (geology) , calcite , geology , carbonate , calcium carbonate , geochemistry , carbonate rock , diagenesis , mineralogy , sedimentary rock , cement , archaeology , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , history
Much effort has been expended in recent years on determining the factors influencing calcite cementation of sandstones, partly out of academic curiosity and partly because of the important influence these cements have on production from hydrocarbon reservoirs. Calcite cementation may occur pervasively throughout a sandstone sequence or be concentrated in certain horizons within which growth may be as concretions. We are only now beginning to understand the factors governing the growth and distribution of carbonate concretions in sandstones.