Massive dolomitization of a Messinian reef in the Great Bahama Bank: A numerical modelling evaluation of Kohout geothermal convection

Geofluids

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-60

  Caspard, Emmanuel ^a   Rudkiewicz, J L ^b   Eberli, G P ^c   Brosse, E ^b   Renard, M ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Carbonate diagenesis; Dolomitization; Kohout thermal convection; Numerical modelling; Permeability anisotropy

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; DOLOMITIZATION; FLUID FLOW; MESSINIAN; NUMERICAL MODEL; REEF; THERMAL CONVECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREAT BAHAMA BANK;

EID: 1242288272     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2004.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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