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MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
Volume 155, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106411
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Southern apennines; Foreland basin system; Petrofacies; Diagenesis; Compaction; Mercury injection porosimetry
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Deep-marine clastic turbidite beds in the Southern Apennines record the tectonic phases of the region. The sandstone suites are divided into four petrofacies based on variations of detrital compositions. Petrophysical analysis reveals differences in porosity and permeability values among petrofacies, with the highest but less effective porosity associated with specific detrital compositions. The study highlights the importance of linking detrital modes to petrophysical parameters for understanding regional controls on reservoir properties.
Deep-marine clastic turbidite beds commonly occur in the Southern Apennines and record the main tectonic phases associated with the structural evolution of the area. Based on variations of detrital compositions through time, the sandstone suites are traditionally subdivided into four petrofacies: (I) quartzolithic (Burdigalian-Langhian), (II) quartzofeldspatholithic (Langhian-Tortonian), (III) quartzofeldspathic (Serravallian-Tortonian), and (IV) arkose (Tortonian-Messinian) sandstones. Since the complexity and diversity of these sandstone petrofacies, we aim to investigate their major diagenetic events and relate them with their detrital modes and physical properties in order to obtain key basic information at a regional scale, to better understand the main controls on petrophysical properties in this and in similar contexts. The petrophysical analysis reveals that the quartzolithic sandstones have the lowest porosity values, with a median of 4.56%. In contrast, porosity increases to median values of 16.75% in the quartzofeldspathic and arkosic petrofacies. The median permeability values range between 4.85 and 236.38 mD, and its distribution is generally poorly correlated with any other petrophysical parameter. The most widespread diagenetic minerals observed are carbonates, clay minerals, Fe-oxides and hydroxides, and less quartz. These sandstones are characterized by high compaction, which is the primary factor controlling porosity loss since the early diagenetic phases. In contrast, the early precipitation of pore-filling carbonate cement is assumed to have partly reduced the effect of compaction in quartzolithic and arkosic sandstones. Nonetheless, variations in petrophysical features among petrofacies can be traced back to the detrital composition, with the highest but less effective porosity associated with the presence of ductile grains, siliciclastic matrix and feldspars. Accordingly, this study reveals how linking detrital modes to the key petrophysical parameters may help obtain significant information about the regional control on the evolution of porosity and permeability in clastic turbiditic wedges of foreland domain settings as a baseline useful to further local and detailed studies.
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