| [[file:predicting-reservoir-system-quality-and-performance_fig9-74.png|thumb|400px|{{figure number|1}}Fabric and nonfabric pore geometries and processes that create them. Modified from Choquette and Pray;<ref name=ch09r10 /> courtesy AAPG.]] | | [[file:predicting-reservoir-system-quality-and-performance_fig9-74.png|thumb|400px|{{figure number|1}}Fabric and nonfabric pore geometries and processes that create them. Modified from Choquette and Pray;<ref name=ch09r10 /> courtesy AAPG.]] |
− | The initial solid constituents of a carbonate rock normally determine its initial pore type and geometry and strongly influence diagenesis. Early pore space in carbonate rocks generally has fabric-selective characteristics; creation of late pore space does not.<ref name=ch09r10>Choquette, P. W., Pray, L. C., 1970, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1968-70/data/pg/0054/0002/0200/0207.htm Geologic nomenclature and classification of porosity in sedimentary carbonates]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 54, no. 2, p. 207–250. Classic reference for basic concepts regarding carbonate porosity.</ref> Surface and shallow diagenesis mainly occurs in fabric-selective pore geometries that allow the greatest fluid flow (mostly interparticle or intercrystalline). Late-stage shallow diagenesis mainly occurs in nonfabric-selective pore geometries that allow the greatest fluid flow (mostly [[fracture]] related). Deep diagenetic processes can be both fabric selective (fluid flow through interparticle or intercrystalline pores) or nonfabric selective (compaction). | + | The initial solid constituents of a carbonate rock normally determine its initial pore type and geometry and strongly influence diagenesis. Early pore space in carbonate rocks generally has fabric-selective characteristics; creation of late pore space does not.<ref name=ch09r10>Choquette, P. W., and L. C. Pray, 1970, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1968-70/data/pg/0054/0002/0200/0207.htm Geologic nomenclature and classification of porosity in sedimentary carbonates]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 54, no. 2, p. 207–250. Classic reference for basic concepts regarding carbonate porosity.</ref> Surface and shallow diagenesis mainly occurs in fabric-selective pore geometries that allow the greatest fluid flow (mostly interparticle or intercrystalline). Late-stage shallow diagenesis mainly occurs in nonfabric-selective pore geometries that allow the greatest fluid flow (mostly [[fracture]] related). Deep diagenetic processes can be both fabric selective (fluid flow through interparticle or intercrystalline pores) or nonfabric selective (compaction). |