Mechanical compaction in chlorite-coated sandstone reservoirs - Examples from Middle - Late Triassic channels in the southwestern Barents Sea

Chlorite coatings in the investigated channels are interpreted to be diagenetic overprints of a precursor clay phase, which appears to have a strong link to the Uralian provenance. Coating precursor emplacement likely occurs prior to significant burial, but the exact physical conditions enabling this process remain elusive without systematic laboratory and analogue studies.