Dolomitization of reservoir rocks in the Smackover Formation, southeastern Gulf Coast, U.S.A

• Published in: Earth-science reviews Vol. 244; p. 104512
• Main Authors: Prather, Bradford E., Goldstein, Robert H., Kopaska-Merkel, David C., Heydari, Ezat, Gill, Karena, Minzoni, Marcello
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.09.2023
• Subjects: calcite; carbon; carbonates; cement; Cenozoic era; coasts; confined aquifer; convection; crystallization; dolomite; Dolomitization; Florida; Gulf of Mexico; Kimmeridgian age; Mississippi; oxygen; permeability; porosity; Recrystallization; Reflux; seawater; seepage; Smackover Formation; strontium; temperature; Florida; Mississippi; Gulf of Mexico; Reflux; Smackover Formation; Dolomitization; Recrystallization

The dolomites of the Jurassic Smackover Formation have been the subject of considerable study in past decades, yet there is little agreement on the processes that produced these dolomites. Proposed mechanisms include: 1) reflux, 2) penecontemporaneous supratidal [sabkha], 3) seawater-meteoric mixing...