Paleobrine temperatures, chemistries, and paleoenvironments of Silurian Salina formation F-1 salt, Michigan Basin, U.S.A., from petrography and fluid inclusions in halite

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 534-546

  Satterfield, Cindy L ^a   Lowenstein, Tim K ^a   Vreeland, Russell H ^b   Rosenzweig, William D ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; IONS; MICROORGANISMS; MINERALOGY; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRATIGRAPHY;

BRINE INCLUSIONS; DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; DISSOLUTION SURFACES; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; HOMOGENIZATION TEMPERATURES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MAJOR ION CHEMISTRY; PALEOENVIRONMENTS;

CHLORIDE MINERALS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUID INCLUSION; HALITE; PETROGRAPHY; ROCK SALT; SILURIAN;

MICHIGAN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27244435368     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.044     Document Type: Article

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