Structural control on the formation of iron-oxide concretions and liesegang bands in faulted, poorly lithified cenozoic sandstones of the paraíba basin, Brazil

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 913-931

  Balsamo, F ^a   Bezerra, F H R ^b   Vieira, M M ^b   Storti, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Graduate Program of Chemical Eng   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT REACTIVATION; HYDRAULIC PATHWAYS; PERMEABILITY STRUCTURE; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; PREFERENTIAL PATHWAYS; SANDSTONE DIAGENESIS; SOLUTION INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

DEPOSITS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GROUNDWATER; IMPREGNATION; IRON; IRON DEPOSITS; LASERS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

IRON OXIDES;

CENOZOIC; DISSOLUTION; FAULT ZONE; GRAIN SIZE; HOST ROCK; IRON OXIDE; MIXING; MOBILITY; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SOLUTE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

BRAZIL; PARAIBA;

EID: 84877352280     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30686.1     Document Type: Article

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