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Diagenetic history of Ordovician and Devonian oil ... - Geology Ontario

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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

Abstract ......<br />

Acknowledgments<br />

CHAPTER l INTRODUCTION<br />

Introduction...................................^^<br />

Study Area................................................ ........................ .................. .................... ......... ....4<br />

Methodology................................................................................................................ ........4<br />

Geological setting........................................................................................................ .......6<br />

Stratigraphy..................................................................................................................^<br />

Regional Structure................................................................................................ .......10<br />

Reservoir Characteristics....................................................................................... ..........l l<br />

Dolomitization (Previous Work)................................................................................. .....13<br />

CHAPTER 2 FACIES AND DIAGENESIS<br />

Facies.................................................................................. ..............................................15<br />

Black River Group............................................................................................... ........15<br />

Trenton Group...................................................................................................... .......16<br />

Diagenesis........................................................................................ .................................18<br />

Stage l Seafloor to Shallow Burial.................................................................... ........20<br />

Submarine Exposure Surfaces.................................................................. ............20<br />

Dolomite Seams........................................................................................ ............21<br />

Sparry Calcite Cements........................................................................................21<br />

Chert ...............................^<br />

Interpretation <strong>of</strong> Stage l Diagenesis............................................................. ......24<br />

Stage 2 Chemical Compaction <strong>and</strong> Syncompactional Fracturing..................... .......25<br />

Chemical Compaction..................................................................................... .......25<br />

Syncompactional Fracturing.......................................................................... .......26<br />

Stylolite-Breccia Relationships............................................................................27<br />

Discussion <strong>of</strong> Stylolite-Breccia Relationships ....................................................28<br />

Stage 3 Post-Fracture Porosity Development................................................. .......29<br />

Discussion <strong>of</strong> Porosity.................................................................................. ........30<br />

Discussion <strong>of</strong> Fracture Porosity Versus Porous Grainstone<br />

as Hydrocarbon Reservoir....................................................................... .......32<br />

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