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Research article
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11 Dec 2020
Research article |
| 11 Dec 2020
| 11 Dec 2020
Understanding controls on hydrothermal dolomitisation: insights from 3D reactive transport modelling of geothermal convection
Rungroj Benjakul
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial
Building, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom
Cathy Hollis
School of Earth and Environmental Science, The University of Manchester,
Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
Hamish A. Robertson
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial
Building, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom
Eric L. Sonnenthal
Energy Geosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Fiona F. Whitaker
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial
Building, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom
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Short summary
Our reactive transport models show that high-temperature fault-controlled dolomite can form from mixed convection and act as a sink for Mg in the circulating seawaters. This provides new perspectives to enhance understanding of mechanisms and controls on dolomitisation, geometry, and spatial distribution of dolomite bodies within faulted and fractured systems, which has important implications for modelling of systems ranging from geothermal resources to ore formation and carbonate diagenesis.
Our reactive transport models show that high-temperature fault-controlled dolomite can form from...
