Potassium enrichment in shale - fluid transport or provenance?

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 69-70, Issue , 2000, Pages 17-22

  Hutcheon, I ^a   Bloch, J ^a   Modus, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depositional control; Fluid flow effects; Shale composition; Variation with age and depth

Indexed keywords

CRATONIC ROCKS; DEPOSITIONAL CONTROL; FLUID FLOW EFFECTS; SHALE COMPOSITION;

CARBONATES; CLAY; COMPOSITION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTASSIUM; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WATER RESOURCES EXPLORATION; WEATHERING;

SHALE;

FLUID FLOW; POTASSIUM; PROVENANCE; SHALE;

EID: 0034210808     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(00)00047-9     Document Type: Article

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