Significance of Trace Element Composition of Quartz Cement as A Key to Reveal the Origin of Silica in Sandstones: An Example from the Cretaceous of the Barrow Sub-Basin, Western Australia

Quartz Cementation in Sandstones

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 317-331

  Kraishan, G M ^a   Rezaee, M R ^a,c   Worden, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diagenetic synthesis; Energy dispersive X ray system (SEM EDS); Fluid inclusion analysis of quartz cements; Lower cretaceous barrow group; Temperature and sequence of quartz cement growth; Trace element composition of quartz cement key to origin of silica in sandstones; Trace elements used to constrain origin of silica in quartz cement

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; INCLUSIONS; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; DIAGENETICS; HOMOGENIZATION TEMPERATURES; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; QUARTZ CEMENTS; SEM-EDS; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

CEMENTS;

EID: 84948950712     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304237.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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