Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

  1. Diagenesis: From Sediment to Sedimentary Rock
    1. Diagenetic Processes
      1. Compaction
        1. Mechanical Compaction
          1. Chemical Compaction
            1. Pressure Solution
            2. Cementation
              1. Calcite Cementation
                1. Silica Cementation
                  1. Clay Mineral Cementation
                    1. Iron Oxide Cementation
                      1. Sulfate Cementation
                      2. Dissolution
                        1. Grain Dissolution
                          1. Cement Dissolution
                            1. Secondary Porosity Formation
                            2. Replacement
                              1. Dolomitization
                                1. Silicification
                                  1. Pyritization
                                    1. Phosphatization
                                    2. Recrystallization
                                      1. Neomorphism
                                        1. Inversion
                                        2. Authigenic Mineral Formation
                                        3. Diagenetic Environments
                                          1. Eogenesis
                                            1. Marine Diagenesis
                                              1. Meteoric Diagenesis
                                                1. Mixed-Water Diagenesis
                                                2. Mesogenesis
                                                  1. Burial Diagenesis
                                                    1. Temperature and Pressure Effects
                                                    2. Telogenesis
                                                      1. Uplift and Exposure
                                                        1. Weathering and Karstification
                                                      2. Controls on Diagenesis
                                                        1. Temperature
                                                          1. Pressure
                                                            1. Fluid Composition
                                                              1. Time
                                                                1. Original Sediment Composition
                                                                2. Diagenetic Sequences
                                                                  1. Effects on Reservoir Quality
                                                                    1. Porosity Evolution
                                                                      1. Permeability Changes
                                                                      2. Recognition of Diagenetic Features
                                                                        1. Petrographic Analysis
                                                                          1. Cathodoluminescence
                                                                            1. Scanning Electron Microscopy

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