Quartz Cement Origins and Budget in the Tumblagooda Sandstone, Western Australia

Quartz Cementation in Sandstones

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 219-229

  Trewin, N H ^a   Fallick, A E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detrital mineralogy of sandstones dominated by quartz; Diagenesis in Tumblagooda Sandstone controlled by depositional facies; Isotopic data; Petrography; Porosity evolution; Quartz cement origins and budget in Tumblagooda Sandstone, Western Australia; Sources of silica for cementation; Transfer of silica within formation

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; COATINGS; DEPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; ISOTOPES; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

DIAGENESIS IN TUMBLAGOODA SANDSTONE - CONTROLLED BY DEPOSITIONAL FACIES; ISOTOPIC DATA; POROSITY EVOLUTIONS; TRANSFER OF SILICA WITHIN FORMATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

QUARTZ;

EID: 84948978023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304237.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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