Dolomites are rock units that invariably record a complex history of deposition and diagenesis. Within the Slick Hills of southwestern Oklahoma, there are extensive exposures of dolomite among the carbonate outcrops of the Late Cambrian- Early Ordovician Arbuckle Group. The Kindblade Formation is a 1,400 ft (427m) thick carbonate section within the Arbuckle Group that was deposited during the Early Ordovician (485-478 Ma) and has been heavily dolomitized in areas of the Slick Hills such as Saddle Mountain. Exposures of dolomite near Blue Creek Canyon do not exhibit the pervasive dolomitization that encompasses the entire Kindblade section as described at Saddle Mountain. Instead, dolomite observed in the Blue Creek Canyon area is strata-bound in conjunction with horizons of limestone displaying varying degrees of alteration. The petrographic and geochemical analyses of these dolomites reveal a multifaceted diagenetic history including penecontemporaneous dolomitization, meteoric water mixing and exposure to hydrothermal fluids.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TCU/oai:etd.tcu.edu:etd-05132014-115234 |
| Date | 13 May 2014 |
| Creators | Finical, Rene |
| Contributors | R. Nowell Donovan, Arthur Busbey, John Holbrook |
| Publisher | Texas Christian University |
| Source Sets | Texas Christian University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
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| Source | http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-05132014-115234/ |
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