Feasibility of estimating cementation rates in a brittle fault zone using Sr/Ca partition coefficients for sedimentary diagenesis

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 401-409

  Hadizadeh, Jafar ^a   Foit, Franklin F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FAULT ZONE; CEMENTATION; FAULT ZONE SYNTECTONIC PORE FLUID; RAPID PRECIPITATION SEALING; SEDIMENTARY DIAGENESIS; SURFACE AREA; TRACE ELEMENT PARTITION COEFFICIENTS REFLECT RATES; VOLUME RATIO;

CALCITE; CALCIUM; PETROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRONTIUM; SURFACES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ROCKS;

BRITTLE MEDIUM; CALCIUM; CEMENTATION; DIAGENESIS; FAULT ZONE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; STRONTIUM;

EID: 0034076760     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00172-8     Document Type: Article

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