Brine inclusions in Halite and the origin of the Middle Devonian Prairie evaporites of western Canada

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 956-964

  Horita, Juske ^a   Weinberg, Andrew ^b,c   Das, Nachiketa ^b,d   Holland, Heinrich D ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Radian Corporation   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEVONIAN; EVAPORITE; FLUID INCLUSION; HALITE;

CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 0030482420     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D4268450-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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