Origin of Lower Ordovician dolomites in eastern Laurentia: Controls on porosity and implications from geochemistry

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-114

  Azomani, Ebube ^a   Azmy, Karem ^a   Blamey, Nigel ^a,b   Brand, Uwe ^b   Al Aasm, Ihsan ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbonate diagenesis; Catoche; Dolomitization; Fluid inclusion gas analysis; Geochemistry; Newfoundland; Rare earth elements; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CATOCHE; DOLOMITIZATION; FLUID INCLUSION GAS ANALYSIS; NEWFOUNDLANDS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CALCITE; CARBONATES; CEMENTS; CERIUM; EUROPIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MANGANESE; MINERALOGY; PORTS AND HARBORS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRONTIUM;

POROSITY;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; DOLOMITIZATION; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; LAURENTIA; ORDOVICIAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOICHIOMETRY; STRONTIUM; SUBOXIC CONDITIONS;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 84871445583     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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