Oxygen isotopic indications of the mechanisms of silica transport and quartz cementation in deeply buried sandstones

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Research Article| September 01, 1994 Oxygen isotopic indications of the mechanisms of silica transport and quartz cementation in deeply buried sandstones Andrew C. Aplin; Andrew C. Aplin 1Fossil Fuels and Environmental Geochemistry Postgraduate Institute, Newcastle Research Group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Edward A. Warren Edward A. Warren 2British Petroleum Exploration, Chertsey Road, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex TW16 7LN, United Kingdom Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Andrew C. Aplin 1Fossil Fuels and Environmental Geochemistry Postgraduate Institute, Newcastle Research Group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom Edward A. Warren 2British Petroleum Exploration, Chertsey Road, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex TW16 7LN, United Kingdom Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1994) 22 (9): 847–850. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0847:OIIOTM>2.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Andrew C. Aplin, Edward A. Warren; Oxygen isotopic indications of the mechanisms of silica transport and quartz cementation in deeply buried sandstones. Geology 1994;; 22 (9): 847–850. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0847:OIIOTM>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract The oxygen isotopic compositions and inferred precipitation temperatures of quartz cements in a suite of deeply buried sandstones from the North Sea, Gulf Coast, and western Canada basins indicate that, in almost every case, the quartz precipitated from 18O-rich basinal waters.18O-rich waters are found in strictly limited volumes in sedimentary basins. Silica transport and quartz cementation could not therefore have occurred as a result of large-scale advection of basinal or meteoric waters, because this would require very large fluid fluxes. Quartz cementation was driven by processes operating on a local scale. The isotopic data do not uniquely indicate the mechanisms of silica transport but are consistent with both diffusion and local recycling of fluid. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.