Structurally controlled hydrothermal dolomites in Albian carbonates of the Asón valley, Basque Cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1069-1092

  Lopez Horgue M A ^a   Iriarte, E ^b   Schroder S ^c   Fernandez Mendiola P A ^a   Caline, B ^c   Corneyllie, H ^c   Fremont J ^c   Sudrie, M ^c   Zerti, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Albian Turonian; Dolomites; Fracture related; Hydrothermal fluid; Northern Spain; Rifting; Subsidence; Transtension

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN-TURONIAN; BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; CALCITE-CEMENT; DOLOMITIZATION; FLUID TEMPERATURES; FRACTURE POROSITY; HOST ROCKS; HYDROTHERMAL DOLOMITIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; INCLUSION ANALYSIS; SHALLOW MARINE; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; TECTONIC BLOCKS; TRANSTENSION; TRANSTENSIONAL TECTONICS; TURONIAN;

CARBONATE MINERALS; FRACTURE; INCLUSIONS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; PETROGRAPHY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRONTIUM; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

FLUIDS;

ALBIAN; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DOLOMITE; FACIES; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; RIFTING; SUBSIDENCE; TRANSTENSION; TURONIAN;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; SPAIN;

EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS;

EID: 77950921906     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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