Open-system chemical behavior in deep Wilcox Group mudstones, Texas Gulf Coast, USA

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1804-1818

  Day Stirrat, Ruarri J ^a   Milliken, Kitty L ^a   Dutton, Shirley P ^a   Loucks, Robert G ^a   Hillier, Stephen ^b   Aplin, Andrew C ^c   Schleicher, Anja M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Element mobility; Illite smectite; Mudstone; Wilcox Group

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; GULF COAST; HOUSTON; ILLITE-SMECTITE; K-FELDSPAR; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MINERAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MINERALOGICAL CHANGES; MUDSTONE; QUANTITATIVE X RAY DIFFRACTION; SECONDARY ELECTRON IMAGING; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TIO; TRANSFER ELEMENTS; WILCOX GROUP; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

FELDSPAR; KAOLINITE; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SECONDARY EMISSION; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ILLITE; MUDSTONE; POROSITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SMECTITE; TRANSFORMATION;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957867005     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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