Variations in sandstone diagenesis with depth, time, and space, onshore Taranaki wells, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-154

  Smale, David ^a   Mauk, Jeffrey L ^b   Palmer, Julie ^c   Soong, Raymond ^a   Blattner, Peter ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Cathodoluminescence; Clay minerals; Diagenesis; Dissolution; Feldspar overgrowth; Heavy minerals; Kapuni Group; Moki Formation; Quartz overgrowth; Stable isotopes; Taranaki

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; DIAGENESIS; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SIDERITE;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TARANAKI;

EID: 0033150082     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1999.9514836     Document Type: Article

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