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The three-dimensional spatial distribution of petrophysical properties is controlled by the spatial distribution of geologic processes; processes that can be separated into depositional and diagenetic. In Chapter 4 we discussed depositional processes and focused on (1) the origin of depositional textures, (2) the relationship between porosity, permeability, and depositional texture, (3) the vertical and lateral distribution of depositional textures related to topography, current energy, biologic activity, and eustatically controlled cyclicity, and (4) the fundamentals of sequence stratigraphy. The importance of chronostratigraphic surfaces was emphasized as the fundamental element in constructing a geological framework within which petrophysically-significant depositional textures can be systematically distributed.
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(2007). Limestone Reservoirs. In: Carbonate Reservoir Characterization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72742-2_6
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