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DOI	10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116291
	Origin and evolution of fault-controlled hydrothermal dolomitization fronts: A new insight
	Koeshidayatullah A.; Corlett H.; Stacey J.; Swart P.K.; Boyce A.; Hollis C.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0012821X
卷号	541
英文摘要	Dolomitization is one of the most significant diagenetic reactions in carbonate systems, occurring where limestone (CaCO3) is replaced by dolomite (CaMg (CO3)2) under a wide range of crystallization temperatures and fluids. The processes governing its formation have been well studied, but the controls on the position of dolomitization fronts in ancient natural settings, particularly in a fault-controlled hydrothermal system (HTD), have received remarkably little attention. Hence, the origin and evolution of HTD dolomitization fronts in the stratigraphic record remain enigmatic. Here, a new set of mineralogical and geochemical data collected from different transects in a partially dolomitized Cambrian carbonate platform in western Canada are presented to address this issue. Systematic patterns of sudden decrease in the magnesium content (mol% MgCO3) and increase in porosity were observed towards the margin of the body. Furthermore, fluid temperatures are cooler and δ18Owater values are less positive at the dolomitization front than within the core of the body. These changes coincide with a change from poorly ordered, planar-e dolomite with multiple crystal zonations at the margin, to an unzoned, well-ordered, interlocking mosaic of planar-s to nonplanar dolomite in the core of the body. These phenomena are hypothesized to reflect dynamic, self-limiting processes in the formation and evolution of HTD dolomitization fronts through (i) plummet of dolomitization potential at the head of dolomitizing fluids due to progressive consumption of magnesium and fluid cooling; and (ii) retreat of dolomitization fronts towards the fluid source during subsequent recrystallization of the dolomite body, inboard of the termination, once overdolomitization took place. This new insight illustrates how dolomitization fronts can record the oldest phase of dolomitization, instead of the youngest as is often assumed. Formation of porosity is interpreted to occur as the result of acidification-induced grain leaching during the development of dolomitization fronts. This mechanism, coupled with retrogradation of dolomitization fronts, may help to explain the apparent enhancement of porosity in proximity to dolomitization fronts. © 2020 The Authors
关键词	dolomitization fronts hydrothermal Mg/Ca ratio recrystallization retreat self-limiting
英文关键词	Calcite; Calcium carbonate; Dynamic recrystallization; Lime; Magnesite; Magnesium; Stratigraphy; Carbonate platforms; Crystallization temperature; Fluid temperatures; Formation and evolutions; Hydrothermal dolomitization; Hydrothermal system; Self-limiting process; Stratigraphic records; Porosity; Cambrian; carbonate platform; dolomite; dolomitization; geochemistry; hydrothermal system; limestone; mineralogy; porosity; recrystallization; Canada
语种	英语
来源期刊	Earth and Planetary Science Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/202704
作者单位	School of Natural Sciences, Williamson Building, University of Manchester, Oxford RoadM13 9PL, United Kingdom; MacEwan University, Alberta, T5J 4S2, Canada; Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami33149, United States; Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Glasgow, G75 0QF, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Koeshidayatullah A.,Corlett H.,Stacey J.,et al. Origin and evolution of fault-controlled hydrothermal dolomitization fronts: A new insight[J],2020,541.
APA	Koeshidayatullah A.,Corlett H.,Stacey J.,Swart P.K.,Boyce A.,&Hollis C..(2020).Origin and evolution of fault-controlled hydrothermal dolomitization fronts: A new insight.Earth and Planetary Science Letters,541.
MLA	Koeshidayatullah A.,et al."Origin and evolution of fault-controlled hydrothermal dolomitization fronts: A new insight".Earth and Planetary Science Letters 541(2020).