Quartz cementation history of sandstones revealed by high-resolution sims oxygen isotope analysis

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 522-530

  Harwood, Joseph ^a   Aplin, Andrew C ^a,d   Fialips, Claire I ^a,e   Iliffe, James E ^b   Kozdon, Reinhard ^c   Ushikubo, Takayuki ^c   Valley, John W ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e CSTJF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; ISOTOPES; LARGE DATASET; OXYGEN; SANDSTONE; SHALE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CONTINUOUS PROCESS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LARGE-SCALE DATASETS; MICROSCOPIC LEVELS; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; QUANTITATIVE X RAY DIFFRACTION; QUARTZ CEMENTATION;

QUARTZ;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CEMENTATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; JURASSIC; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SHALE; SILICA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84880227700     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2013.29     Document Type: Article

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