Controls on halogen concentrations in sedimentary formation waters

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-274

  Worden, Richard H ^a,b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Halogens; Sea water evaporation; Sedimentary formation waters; Water salt interaction

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CHLORIDE MINERALS; CHLORINE; DEHYDRATION; DEPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; FLUORINE; GEOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; IODINE; KEROGEN; LITHOLOGY; OIL SHALE; PROCESS CONTROL; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); ROCKS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CONTROLLING MECHANISM; DEHYDRATION REACTIONS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HALOGENS; HYDROCARBON SOURCE ROCKS; ORGANIC-RICH SOURCE ROCK; SEDIMENTARY FORMATION;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

BROMINE; CHLORINE; EVAPORATION; FORMATION WATER; IODINE; SALT; SEAWATER; WATER/SALT INTERACTION;

EID: 0029776589     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1996.060.399.02     Document Type: Article

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