Characteristics, genesis and parameters controlling the development of a large stratabound HTD body at Matienzo (Ramales Platform, Basque-Cantabrian Basin, northern Spain)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 6-25

  Dewit, J ^a   Foubert, A ^a,d   El Desouky, H A ^a,e   Muchez, Ph ^a   Hunt, D ^b   Vanhaecke, F ^c   Swennen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^e Menoufia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aptian Albian; Basque Cantabrian Basin; Ramales platform; Reservoir characteristics; Stratabound hydrothermal dolomite (HTD)

Indexed keywords

MINERALOGY; SEAWATER;

APTIAN-ALBIAN; BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; RAMALES PLATFORM; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; STRATABOUND HYDROTHERMAL DOLOMITE (HTD);

LIMESTONE;

ALBIAN; APTIAN; CARBONATE ROCK; DOLOMITIZATION; DOLOSTONE; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; LIMESTONE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR ROCK; SOURCE ROCK; STRATABOUND DEPOSIT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; SPAIN;

EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS;

EID: 84901658270     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.12.021     Document Type: Article

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