Zebra dolomitization as a result of focused fluid flow in the Rocky Mountains Fold and Thrust Belt, Canada

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1067-1095

  Vandeginste, Veerle ^a   Swennen, Rudy ^a   Gleeson, Sarah A ^b   Ellam, Rob M ^c   Osadetz, Kirk ^d   Roure, François ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Fluid inclusions; Sr isotopes; Stable isotopes; Trace elements; Zebra dolomite

Indexed keywords

DOLOMITIZATION; FLUID FLOW; FLUID INCLUSION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 33745238926     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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