Halite cementation and carbonate diagenesis of intra-salt reservoirs from the Late Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian Ara Group (South Oman Salt Basin)

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 567-589

  Schoenherr, Johannes ^a,b   Reuning, Lars ^a   Kukla, Peter A ^a   Littke, Ralf ^a   Urai, Janos L ^a   Siemann, Michael ^c   Rawahi, Zuwena ^d  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ExxonMobil Production Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

Author keywords

Bromine geochemistry; Carbonate diagenesis; Dolomite; Evaporites; Halite cementation; Solid bitumen

Indexed keywords

BITUMEN; BROMINE; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CEMENTATION; DISSOLUTION; DOLOMITE; EVAPORITE; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHEMISTRY; HALITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SALT DOME;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

ARA;

EID: 58249125499     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.00986.x     Document Type: Article

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