The impact of host-rock composition on devolatilization of sedimentary rocks during contact metamorphism around mafic sheet intrusions

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Aarnes, Ingrid ^a,b   Fristad, Kirsten ^a   Planke, Sverre ^a,c   Svensen, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Roxar ASA   (Norway)

^c Oslo Innovation Center   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contact metamorphism; Global environmental changes; Large igneous provinces

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUIDS; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ROCKS; SALT DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON; BASIN SCALE; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; DEVOLATILIZATION; EVAPORITES; GAS GENERATION; GLOBAL CLIMATES; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; HOST ROCKS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; ORGANIC-RICH SHALES; ROCK SALT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHEET INTRUSION; TIME-SCALES;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; EMPLACEMENT; HOST ROCK; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LIMESTONE; PETROLEUM; ROCK SALT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SILL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 80455174849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003636     Document Type: Article

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