Giant clastic intrusions primed by silica diagenesis

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 917-920

  Davies, Richard J ^a   Huuse, Mads ^b   Hirst, Philip ^c   Cartwright, Joe ^d   Yang, Yuesuo ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Cardiff University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Injectites; Opal A; Opal CT; Overpressure; Pore fluid

Indexed keywords

PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENTS; SETTLING TANKS; SILICA;

LARGE-SCALE CLASTIC INTRUSIONS; PORE FLUID; POSTDEPOSITIONAL SEDIMENT MOBILIZATION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CRISTOBALITE; DIAGENESIS; MUDSTONE; OVERPRESSURE; POROSITY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TRIDYMITE;

EID: 33750941364     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22937A.1     Document Type: Article

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