− | Eolian sands develop in arid settings and commonly form extensive, blanket-like deposits (Figure 3b). Wind transport removes fines and produces rounded and extremely well sorted grains often leading to favorable reservoir quality. | + | Eolian sands develop in arid settings and commonly form extensive, blanket-like deposits ([[:file:lithofacies-and-environmental-analysis-of-clastic-depositional-systems_fig3.png|Figure 3b]]). Wind transport removes fines and produces rounded and extremely well sorted grains often leading to favorable reservoir quality. |
| This combination of widespread occurrence and good reservoir properties makes eolian sandstones attractive exploration targets and many hydrocarbon accumulations have been discovered in such deposits.<ref name=pt06r2>Ahlbrandt, T. S., Fryberger, S. G., 1982, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/sandsto2/data/a058/a058/0001/0000/0011.htm Introduction to eolian deposits], in Scholle, P. A., Spearing, D. eds., Sandstone Depositional Environments: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=627 AAPG Memoir 31], p. 11–47.</ref> | | This combination of widespread occurrence and good reservoir properties makes eolian sandstones attractive exploration targets and many hydrocarbon accumulations have been discovered in such deposits.<ref name=pt06r2>Ahlbrandt, T. S., Fryberger, S. G., 1982, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/sandsto2/data/a058/a058/0001/0000/0011.htm Introduction to eolian deposits], in Scholle, P. A., Spearing, D. eds., Sandstone Depositional Environments: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=627 AAPG Memoir 31], p. 11–47.</ref> |