Origin of palaeo-waters in the Ordovician carbonates in Tahe oilfield, Tarim Basin: Constraints from fluid inclusions and Sr, C and O isotopes

Geofluids

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-86

  Li, K ^a,b   Cai, C ^a   He, H ^c   Jiang, L ^a,b   Cai, L ^a,b   Xiang, L ^a,b   Huang, S ^d   Zhang, C ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development   (China)

^d CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Carbonates; Fluid inclusion; Fracture filling; Hydrothermal water; Strontium isotopes; Tarim basin

Indexed keywords

BARITE; CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE ROCK; DEVONIAN; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; KARST; OIL FIELD; ORDOVICIAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CHINA; TAHE OILFIELD; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 79551472652     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2010.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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