Field geometry, petrography and geochemistry of a dolomitization front (Late Jurassic, central Lebanon)

Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1093-1120

  Nader, Fadi H ^a,d   Swennen, Rudy ^b   Ellam, Rob M ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Dolomite field geometry; Dolomite stoichiometry; Fe Mn concentrations; Fluid inclusions; Hydrothermal dolomite

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITIZATION; DOLOSTONE; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMETRY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; JURASSIC; PETROGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; TITHONIAN;

EID: 34548771772     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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