Fluid flow reconstruction in hanging and footwall carbonates: Compartmentalization by Cenozoic reverse faulting in the Northern Oman Mountains (UAE)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-128

  Breesch, Liesbeth ^a   Swennen, Rudy ^a   Vincent, Benoit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Compartmentalization; Diagenesis; Fluid flow; Reverse fault; Veins

Indexed keywords

COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DIAGENESIS; FLUID FLOW; REVERSE FAULT; VEINS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; DEFORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

FLUIDS;

CALCITE; CARBONATE; CENOZOIC; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIAGENESIS; FLUID FLOW; FOOTWALL; HOST ROCK; PETROGRAPHY; REVERSE FAULT; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 56849125443     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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