Dolomites

by Editor: B. H. Purser (B H Purser, Laboratoire de Petrologie Sedimentaire, Universite de Paris Sud; ME Tucker, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Durham; and D HZenger, Department of Geology, Pomona College, California.); Editor: M. E.

• ISBN13: 9781444304084
• ISBN10: 1444304089
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This volume contains 23 state-of-the-art papers presented at the Dolomieu Conference on Carbonate Platforms and Dolomitization held in September 1991 in Ortisei, Italy. The conference was co-sponsored by the International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS) and the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), and marked the 200th anniversary of the 1791 paper by Deodat de Dolomieu describing dolomite in detail for the first time. The papers presented do not aim to give a complete review of the current state of the dolomitic art, but rather discuss important advances and gaps in our knowledge of dolomitization. State-of-the-art papers from worldwide experts. Includes basic science and economic applications.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Problems, Progress And Future Research Concerning Dolomites And Dolomitization

Dolomieu And The First Description Of Dolomite

Summary

Sabkha, Evaporitic And Reflux Dolomitization Models

Salina Sedimentation And Diagenesis: West Caicos Island, British West Indies

Mechanisms Of Complete Dolomitization In A Carbonate Shelf: Comparison Between The Novian Dolomia Principale (Italy) And The Holocene Of Abu Dhabi Sabkha

Changing Dolomitization Styles From Norian To Rhaetian In The Southern Tethus Realm

Distribution, Petrography And Geochemistry Of Early Dolomite In Cyclic Shelf Facies, Yates Formation (Guadalupian), Capitan Reef Complex, USA

Mixing Zone And Seawater Dolomitization Models

Dolomitization By Near-Normal Seawater? Field Evidence From The Bahamas

Late Cenozoic Dolomites Of The Bahamas: Metastable Analogues For The Genesis Of Ancient Platform Dolomites

Dolomitization Caused By Water Circulation Near The Mixing Zone: An Example From The Lower Visean Of The Campine Basin

Urial Dolomitization Models

Burial Dolomitization Of The Middle Ordovician Glenwood Formation By Evaporitic Brines, Michigan Basin

Petrographic, Geochemical And Structural Constraints On The Timing And Distribution Of Postliterification Dolomite In The Rhaetian Portoro ('Calcare Nero') Of The Portovenere Area, La Spezia, Italy

Has Burial Dolomitization Come Of Age? Some Answers From The Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Burial And Hydrothermal Diagenesis Of Ordovician Carbonates From The Michigan Basin, Ontario, Canada

Progressive Recrystallization And Stabilization Of Early-Stage Dolomite: Lower Ordovician Ellenburger Group, West Texas

Dolomite Reservoirs

Nature, Origins And Evolution Of Porosity In Dolomites

Permeability And Porosity Evolution In Dolomitized Upper Cretaceous Pelagic Limestones Of Central Tunisia

Porosity Evaluation Through Hypersaline Reflux Dolomitization

Petrology And Geochemistry Of Dolomites

Synthesis Of Dolomite And Geochemical Implications

Discontinuous Solid Solution In Ca-Rich Dolomites: The Evidence And Implications For The Interpretation Of Dolomite Petrographic And Geochemical Data

Rates Of Dolomitization: The Influence Of Dissolved Sulphate

Pervasive Dolomitization Of A Subtidal Carbonate Ramp, Silurian And Devonian, Illinois Basin, USA

Dolomitization And Organic Matter

Organic Matter Distribution, Water Circulation And Dolomitization Beneath The Abu Dhabi Sabkha

Burial Dolomitization Of Organic Rich And Organic Poor Carbonates, Jurassic Of Central Tunisia

Index

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