Table 2 The petrographic modal composition of the AEB_IIIG sandstone microfacies.

From: Petrographical and petrophysical rock typing for flow unit identification and permeability prediction in lower cretaceous reservoir AEB_IIIG, Western Desert, Egypt

Components (%)

Quartz

Lithic Fragments

Feldspars

Glauconite

Quartz Cement

Carbonate Cement

Pyrite

Clays

Point Count Porosity

Total

Quartz arenite (MF1)

 Min

50

0

0

0

0

0

4.4

0.8

5.2

 

 Max

70

0

3.6

11.2

6.4

0

14.4

9

22

 

 Avg

64

0

1.4

3.9

3.5

0

7.2

4.3

15.7

100.0

Calcareous quartz arenite (MF2)

 Min

45

0

0

0

0

7

2.4

3

1.8

 

 Max

60.8

3.2

6.04

6.4

8.4

12

7

4.8

21.6

 

 Avg

56.3

1.3

5

3.8

3.5

8.5

4

3.5

14.1

100.0

Glauconitic quartz arenite (MF3)

 Min

42

0

3

10

6

0

3

5

18

 

 Max

45

0

5

14

8

3

6

6.6

20

 

 Avg

46.2

0

3.7

12

7

1.4

5

5.7

19

100.0

Quartz wacke (MF4)

 Min

33.2

0

0

0

0

0

2

46

9.2

 

 Max

37

2

0

0

2

0

5.2

52.4

12

 

 Avg

35.6

2

0

0

1

0

3

48

10.4

100.0

Lithic wacke (MF5)

 Min

34.4

12.8

0

1

0

0

7

27.2

2.4

 

 Max

41

15

0

5

0.8

3

12.4

34.4

5

 

 Avg

37.5

13.9

0

3

0.4

1.7

9.1

30.6

3.8

100.0

Lithic arenite (MF6)

 Min

51.6

19.2

0

0

7.2

0

2

3.8

5

 

 Max

60

21

0

1.2

14.4

1

5

4.8

8

 

 Avg

56.5

19.4

0

0.6

9.8

0.5

2.7

4.5

6

100.0

Mudstone (MF7)

 Min

4.4

0

0

0

0

0

0

87

3

 

 Max

7.3

2

0

1.2

0

0

0

91.2

4.4

 

 Avg

6.2

1

0

0.8

0

0

0

88.6

3.4

100.0