Structure and Diagenesis in Upper Carboniferous Tight Gas Reservoirs in NW Germany

• Main Author: Wüstefeld, Patrick (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2018
• Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Diagenesis; Upper Carboniferous; Diagenese; Oberkarbon; Lower Saxony Basin; Struktur; Niedersächsisches Becken; Tight Gas; Structure
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Upper Carboniferous sandstones are important tight gas reservoirs in Central Europe. This field-based study, conducted in a km-scale reservoir outcrop analog (Piesberg quarry, Lower Saxony Basin, NW Germany), focused on the diagenetic control on spatial reservoir quality distribution. Geothermometer...