Diagenetic and petrophysical properties of deeply versus moderately buried Cambrian sandstones of the Caledonian foreland, southern Sweden

The Lower Cambrian strata of the Caledonian foreland of southern Sweden consist mainly of quartzitic sandstones with thicknesses of approximately 35 meters in Västergötland and 120 meters in Skåne. In the distal, moderately buried western members of the File Haidar Formation of Västergötand porosity and permeability was higher than in the proximal deeply buried units of the Hardeberga Formation of Skåne. In the sandstones from Västergötland the quartz cement contents were lower than in the sandstones from Skåne. Although the sedimentary successions in the proximal Caledonian foreland were moderately to deeply buried (