Thermodynamic constraints on the mineralogical and fluid composition evolution in a clastic sedimentary basin: The Athabasca Basin (Saskatchewan, Canada)

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 325-342

  Kister, Philippe ^a   Vieillard, Philippe ^b   Cuney, Michel ^a   Quirt, David ^c   Laverret, Emmanuel ^b  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Host rock alteration; Sandstone basin; Thermodynamic modelling; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CHLORITE MINERALS; CLAY ALTERATION; CLAY MINERALS; HEMATITE; KAOLINITE; MAGNETITE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS; SILICA; URANIUM;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; HOST ROCKS; MASS-TRANSPORT PROCESS; PROGRESSIVE INTERACTIONS; SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES; THERMODYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS; THERMODYNAMIC MODELLING;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

HYDROCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THERMODYNAMICS; URANIUM;

ATHABASCA BASIN; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18444406580     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2005/0017-0325     Document Type: Article

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