Tectonic and geothermal controls on dolomitization and dolomitizing fluid flows in the Cambrian-Lower Ordovician carbonate successions in the western and central Tarim Basin, NW China

• Published in: Journal of Asian earth sciences Vol. 172; pp. 359 - 382
• Main Authors: Ngia, Ngong Roger, Hu, Mingyi, Gao, Da
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2019
• Subjects: Burial dolomitization; Cambrian-Lower Ordovician; Tarim Basin; Tectonically-driven fluids; Western and central; Burial dolomitization; Tectonically-driven fluids; Cambrian-Lower Ordovician; Tarim Basin; Western and central

[Display omitted] •Dolomitizing fluids were brine-rich connate seawaters and hydrothermal fluids.•Tectonic compression, thermal convective circulation influenced fluid flow.•Penecontemporaneous supratidal, burial and hydrothermal dolomitization are proposed.•Intercrystalline pores and vugs are the m...