Interdune and fluvial sediments generally show poorer reservoir characteristics by comparison to dune lithofacies. They are poorly sorted and are more likely to contain evaporite cements. Intercalated fine-grained sand and silt laminations together with diagenetic cementation tend to produce reservoir intervals with very poor vertical permeability. Nagtegaal<ref name=Nagtegaal_1979 /> used multivariate analysis to determine the factors controlling the porosity of eolian sediments from the Permian of the southern North Sea. He found that the main control on porosity is grain sorting, which varies from well sorted in dune sandstones to less well sorted in the other associated sediments. The relationship between original sedimentary texture and porosity has survived even after extensive diagenesis. The very poor permeability characteristics of interdune sediments are commonly reported. Lindquist<ref name=Lindquist_1983 /> found a contrast in permeability of four to five orders of magnitude between interdune and dune deposits in the Nugget Sandstone of southwestern Wyoming. | Interdune and fluvial sediments generally show poorer reservoir characteristics by comparison to dune lithofacies. They are poorly sorted and are more likely to contain evaporite cements. Intercalated fine-grained sand and silt laminations together with diagenetic cementation tend to produce reservoir intervals with very poor vertical permeability. Nagtegaal<ref name=Nagtegaal_1979 /> used multivariate analysis to determine the factors controlling the porosity of eolian sediments from the Permian of the southern North Sea. He found that the main control on porosity is grain sorting, which varies from well sorted in dune sandstones to less well sorted in the other associated sediments. The relationship between original sedimentary texture and porosity has survived even after extensive diagenesis. The very poor permeability characteristics of interdune sediments are commonly reported. Lindquist<ref name=Lindquist_1983 /> found a contrast in permeability of four to five orders of magnitude between interdune and dune deposits in the Nugget Sandstone of southwestern Wyoming. |