The major composition of a middle-late Eocene salt lake in the Yunying depression of Jianghan Basin of Middle China based on analyses of fluid inclusions in halite

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-105

  Meng, Fan Wei ^a   Galamay, A R ^b   Ni, Pei ^c   Yang, Chun He ^d   Li, Yin Ping ^d   Zhuo, Qin Gong ^e  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Composition; Eocene; Fluid inclusion; Halite; Salt lake; Yunying depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894461595     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.01.024     Document Type: Article

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