Host rock dolomitization and secondary porosity development in the Upper Devonian Cairn Formation of the Fairholme carbonate complex (South-west Alberta, Canadian Rockies): Diagenesis and geochemical modelling

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2044-2060

  Vandeginste, Veerle ^a   Swennen, Rudy ^a   Reed, Mark H ^b   Ellam, Rob M ^c   Osadetz, Kirk ^d   Roure, François ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon; Carboxylic acid; Dolomitization; Oxygen and strontium isotopes; Secondary porosity; Thermochemical sulphate reduction; Western Canada sedimentary basin

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; CARBONATE COMPLEXES; CARBONATE REEF; DEVONIANS; DOLOMITIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL MODELLING; GEOCHEMICAL MODELS; HOST ROCKS; LATE DEVONIAN; MATRIX; SECONDARY POROSITY; THERMOCHEMICAL SULPHATE REDUCTION; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROSITY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS; STRONTIUM;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CALCITE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DEVONIAN; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; DOLOMITIZATION; EVAPORATION; FAMENNIAN; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HOST ROCK; OUTCROP; OVERPRINTING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POROSITY; REEF; SALINITY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SULFATE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

STROMATOPOROIDA;

EID: 77955586036     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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