Fracture-focused fluid flow in an acid and redox-influenced system: Diagenetic controls on cement mineralogy and geomorphology in the Navajo Sandstone

Geofluids

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 251-265

  Bell, J H ^a   Bowen, B B ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Fluid flow; Geomorphology; Imaging spectroscopy; Jarosite

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; DIAGENESIS; FLUID FLOW; GEOMORPHOLOGY; JAROSITE; MINERALOGY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SANDSTONE;

POECILIA;

EID: 84904622077     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfl.12075     Document Type: Article

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