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Petrography, Diagenesis and Hydrocarbon Source Potential of the Barail and Disang Group of Rocks in Parts of the Naga Schuppen Belt and Inner Fold Belt of Assam-Arakan Basin
Rock-thin section study, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Rock-Eval pyrolysis have been carried out on the Barail...
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In-situ analysis and genetic investigation of Li-bearing minerals in McDermitt clay-type lithium deposit, Nevada, USA
Clay-type Li deposits are poised to play a pivotal role in addressing the surging global demand for Li. The McDermitt clay-type Li deposit, located...
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Diagenetic Control on the Distribution of Porosity within the Depositional Facies of Proterozoic Rajgarh Formation, Alwar Sub-basin, Northeastern Rajasthan
The sandstones of the Proterozoic Rajgarh Formation are texturally immature and compositionally sub-mature quartz arenite to arkose in composition....
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Molecular fossils in reefal carbonates and sponges of the deep fore reef of Mayotte and Mohéli, Comoro Islands, western Indian Ocean
Microbial carbonates are common components of Quaternary tropical coral reefs. Previous studies revealed that sulfate-reducing bacteria trigger...
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Magnetite authigenesis and the warming of early Mars
The Curiosity rover has documented lacustrine sediments at Gale Crater, but how liquid water became physically stable on the early Martian surface is...
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Origin and significance of glauconites in a sequence stratigraphic perspective: Sylhet Formation, Assam and Assam–Arakan Basin, India
The paper documents occurrence, origin and significance of glauconite-rich intervals at certain specific stratigraphic levels within Early to Middle...
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Microbial origin of micrites in ooids: evidence from the Cambrian in North China
Ooids are common and important type of carbonate rock grain, and although they have a long development history, their origin has not been determined....
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Lithogenesis of a phosphatized tephra marker horizon in the Eocene Messel maar lake
The bituminous black pelite of the Messel UNESCO world heritage site is an exceptional palaeobiological archive from the Middle Eocene greenhouse...
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Ancient Seep Carbonates: From Outcrop Appearance to Microscopic Petrography
Precipitation of cements forming methane-derived carbonates is inherent to marine hydrocarbon seep environments. Carbonate deposits enriched in...
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Elemental and isotopic tracing of mineral infillings from various microstructures of a fault system into fine-grained sediments: which interacting fluids?
Elemental contents and Sr isotopic data of calcite and celestite infillings from various tectonic microstructures of the so-called “Main Fault” that...
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Diagenesis, paleoenvironments, and petroleum geology of sediments lining the West and Central African Rift System, Koum Basin, North Cameroon
The West and Central African Rift System (WCARS) hosts all the sedimentary basins of West and Central Africa, and constitutes a priority target for...
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Petrographic characterization and diagenetic impact on Bhuban Sandstone of Surma Group, Aizawl, Mizoram: implications for provenance, tectonic setting, and reservoir quality
The detailed petrographic study of Bhuban Sandstones belonging to the Surma Group has been carried out to determine various sedimentological aspects,...
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Geochemical and mineralogical analysis of the Upper Cretaceous dolomitic phosphates at Queih Mine, Quseir, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt: depositional environment implications and pollution indices
Soon for the security of phosphorus world supply, which comes primarily from non-renewable sources, the moderate carbonate phosphates will need...
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Mineralogy and whole-rock geochemistry of the Oligocene Barail Group of rocks of Belt of Schuppen, Northeast India: Implications for tectono-provenance and paleo-weathering
The petrographic and geochemical attributes of the Oligocene Barail Group of rocks are used to decipher the likely source area(s) or tectonic...
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Glauconite facies developed sequentially in the Abu Tartur Plateau (Egypt) during the Late Cretaceous
Glauconite-rich Cretaceous sediments occur in the Western Desert of Egypt and accumulated in shallow water during major transgressions and global...
