A new technique for surface and shallow subsurface paleobarometry using fluid inclusions: An example from the Upper Ordovician Viola Formation, Kansas, USA

Chemical Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 97-111

  Newell, K David ^a   Goldstein, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimneyhill formation; Dolomitization; Fluid inclusions geologic barometry, geologic thermometry, microthermometry ; Kansas; Midcontient; Quartz; Viola Formation; Vug

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITIZATION; FLUID INCLUSION; P-T CONDITIONS;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032884318     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00126-0     Document Type: Article

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