Pervasive dolomitization with subsequent hydrothermal alteration in the Clarke Lake gas field, Middle Devonian Slave Point Formation, British Columbia, Canada

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1739-1761

  Lonnee, Jeff ^a   Machel, Hans G ^b  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; TECTONICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DOLOMITIZATION; FLUID-INCLUSION HOMOGENIZATION; GAS FIELD; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; PERVASIVE DOLOMITIZATION;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEVONIAN; DOLOMITE; DOLOMITIZATION; FLUID INCLUSION; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MISSISSIPPIAN; POROSITY; RECRYSTALLIZATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751524910     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/03060605069     Document Type: Article

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