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Origin of Island Dolostone: Case Study of Cayman Formation (Miocene), Grand Cayman, British West Indies
DownloadFall 2017
Grand Cayman is located on an isolated fault block that is part of the Cayman Ridge that defines the southern margin of the North American Plate. The exposed part of the Oligocene to Pleistocene carbonate succession that forms the island comprises the Bluff Group (Brac Formation, Cayman...
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The trace metal content of modern and ancient peritidal and shallow subtidal dolomites: significance and systematics
DownloadSpring 2016
Dolomitization has traditionally been regarded as being related to the interaction of thermally active Mg-rich fluids with poorly ordered carbonate precursors of elusive origin. Our ideas on how such precursors form have evolved rapidly since the late 1990s, and microbes are now considered key...
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Dolomite Recrystallization Along the Rimbey-Meadowbrook Reef Trend,Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Alberta, Canada
DownloadFall 2015
Three theoretical alternatives of what can happen to dolomite when it recrystallizes (steady recrystallization, stepwise recrystallization, or no recognizable signs of recrystallization) were tested on Leduc dolomites of the Devonian Rimbey–Meadowbrook reef trend located in Alberta, Canada. Four...
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Diagenetic Controls on Hydrothermal Fluid Flow in the Osiris, Isis, and Isis East Carlin-Type Gold Showings, Nadaleen Trend, Yukon
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Following ATAC Resources Ltd.’s 2010 discovery of the gold prospects in the Nadaleen Trend (Central Yukon), company geologists and consultants determined that Precambrian carbonate rocks within the trend contain large endowments of gold located in the hinges of anticlines and fault zones. ...
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Origin of island dolostones: case study based on Tertiary dolostones from Cayman Brac, British West Indies
DownloadSpring 2013
Cayman Brac (19 km long, 1.5 to 3 km wide), which is the easternmost of the Cayman Islands, is characterized by a thick Tertiary carbonate succession that has been pervasively dolomitized. The finely crystalline dolostones in the Cayman Formation (Miocene) are fabric-retentive whereas the...
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Sedimentology, diagenesis, and dolomitization of the Brac Formation (Lower Oligocene), Cayman Brac, British West Indies
DownloadFall 2009
The Oligocene Brac Formation is the oldest part of the Bluff Group that is exposed on Cayman Brac. Sediments of the Brac Formation were deposited on a small, open bank in shallow marine waters. Today, the formation is composed of limestone, finely crystalline dolostone, and coarsely crystalline...