Quartz cementation in Late Cretaceous mudstones, northern North Sea: Changes in rock properties due to dissolution of smectite and precipitation of micro-quartz crystals

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1752-1764

  Thyberg, Brit ^a   Jahren, Jens ^a   Winje, Turid ^a   Bjørlykke, Knut ^a   Faleide, Jan Inge ^a   Marcussen, Øyvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cathode luminescence; Clay diagenesis; Compaction; Mudstone; North Sea; Opal A CT; Quartz cement

Indexed keywords

CATHODE LUMINESCENCE; MUDSTONE; NORTH SEA; OPAL-A/CT; QUARTZ CEMENT;

CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; CLAY MINERALS; COMPACTION; CRYSTALS; DISSOLUTION; LUMINESCENCE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; WELL LOGGING;

QUARTZ;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CEMENTATION; CRETACEOUS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; MUDSTONE; PETROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ; SMECTITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 77956227624     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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