Challenges of structural diagenesis in foreland fold-and-thrust belts: A case study on paleofluid flow in the Canadian Rocky Mountains West of Calgary

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 235-251

  Vandeginste, Veerle ^a   Swennen, Rudy ^a   Allaeys, Melanie ^a   Ellam, Rob M ^b   Osadetz, Kirk ^c   Roure, François ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Canada; Diagenesis; Fracture; Stable isotopes; Thrust; Vein

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DIAGENESIS; STABLE ISOTOPES; THRUST; VEIN;

CARBONATE MINERALS; CEMENTS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRONTIUM; TECTONICS;

ISOTOPES;

ADVECTION; CHRONOLOGY; DIAGENESIS; DIFFUSION; FLUID FLOW; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; FRACTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS TRANSFER; ORIENTATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRESS FIELD; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

ALBERTA; CALGARY; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84861665362     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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