Sandstone geochemistry

Baccar, M. B. and B. Fritz, 1993, Geochemical modelling of sandstone diagenesis and its consequences on the evolution of porosity. Applied Geochemistry 8, 285-295. 

Bendigo is a classic example of a low-sulphide gold-quartz deposit located in a folded sequence of sandstone and shale of the Cambrian-Ordovician age (Ramsay et al. 1998 Goldberg et al. 2007). Regional soil geochemistry covers an area of 4,000 km. Sampling Grid 5x5 km. 134 samples were collected as can be seen in Fig. 2, titanium anomalies form sub-... 

Armstrong-Altrin, J.S., Yong, I.L., Verma, S.P., Ramasamy, S. 2004. Geochemistry of sandstones from the Upper Miocene kudankulam formation, southern india implications for provenance, weathering, and tectonic setting. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 74, 285-297. 

Keywords geochemistry, mineralogy. Carboniferous, sandstones, diagenesis... 

The rate and quantity of radon and uranium contributed to waters exposed to mineralized outcrops and the subsequent mobility of these elements in the present day environment has not been previously documented. This paper presents the results from leaching experiments carried out on uranium-enriched Horton Group sandstones in the Windsor area of Nova Scotia. Understanding of these processes is important both to environmental and exploration geochemistry. 

Keywords deep-penetration, geochemistry, expioration, sandstone-type, uranium deposits... 

Riese, W. C., Lee, M. J, Brookins, D, G, and Della Valle, R. 1978. Application of trace element geochemistry to prospecting for sandstone-type uranium deposits. In Watterson, J.R. and Theobald, R K. (ed.). Geochemical Exploration 1978, Proceedings of the Seventh International Geochemical Exploration Symposium. The Association of Exploration Geochemists, Rexdale, Ontario, Canada, 47-64. 

SIEVER (R.), 1959. Petrology and geochemistry of silica cementation in some Pennsylvanian sandstones. Soc. Econ. Pal. Min. Special Pub. 55-79. 

Schmitt G.W. (1973) Interstitial water composition and geochemistry of deep Gulf Coast shales and sandstones. AAPG Bull. 57, 321-337. 

The Data of Geochemistry 6th edition (Prof. Paper U.S. G.S. 440 A-JJ) tackles the geochemistry of domains such as atmosphere, biosphere, rock-forming minerals, igneous rocks, shales, sandstones, carbonate rocks, evaporites or deposits, etc. 

Genuise J. J. (1991) Petrography and geochemistry of authigenic chlorite from Cretaceous and Oligocene sandstones of the Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast. University of Texas at Austin (unpublished). 

Sutton S. I. and Maynard J. B. (1993) Petrology, mineralogy, and geochemistry of sandstones of the lower Huronian Matinenda Formation, resemblance to underlying basement rocks. Can, J. Earth Sci. 30, 1209-1223. 

Bjerlykke, K., Ramm, M., and G.C. Saigal, 1989. Sandstone diagenesis and porosity modification during basin evolution. Geologische Rundschau 78/1, pp. 243-268 Bockmeulen, H., Barker, C. and P.A. Dickey, 1983. Geology and geochemistry of crude oils, Bolivar Coastal Fields, Venezuela. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, Vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 242-270... 

Barner, U. and Teissedre, J.-M., 1980. Geochemistry and high temperatures of ground-water in the Parana Basin deep sandstone aquifer. Commun. 26th Int. Geol. Congr. Paris. 

Pettijohn, F.J., 1963. Data of geochemistry, chemical composition of sandstones — excluding carbonate and volcanic sands. U.S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Pap. 440-S, 19 pp. 

Factors that control the geochemistry, abundance and distribution of carbonate cements are of prime importance in the understanding and prediction of porosity-permeability variations and in tracing the geochemical evolution of pore waters during the burial of sandstones and associated sediments. Moreover, the stable isotopic composition of nearsurface, eogenetic carbonates (e.g. in soil profiles) provides important clues to the palaeoclimatic conditions (e.g. Ceding, 1984). 

Wilkinson, M. (1991) The concretions of the Bearreraig Sandstone Formation geometry and geochemistry. Sedimentology, 38, 899-912. 

McNeil, B., Shaw, H.F. Rankin, A.H. (1995) Diagenesis of the Rotliegend Sandstones in the V-Fields, southern North Sea a fluid inclusion study. In The Geochemistry of Reservoirs (Eds Cubitt, J.M. England, W.A.). Spec. Publ. Geol. Soc. London, 86, 125-139. 

Irwin H., Hurst A. (1983) Applications of geochemistry to sandstone reservoir studies. In Petroleum Geochemistry of Europe (ed. Brooks J.) Geol. Soc. Spec. Publn 12, 127—46. Oxford Blackwell Scientific. 

George, S. C. et al. 1997. Geochemical comparison of oil-bearing fluid inclusions and produced oil from the Toro sandstone, Papua New Guinea. Organic Geochemistry, 26, 155—173. 

Tardy Y (1971) Characterisation of principal weathering types by the geochemistry of waters from European and African crystalline massifs. Chem Geol 7 253-271 Taylor JM (1950) Pore-space reduction in sandstones. Am Assoc Petroleum Geologists Bull 34 701-716 Thode HY (1958) Sulfur isotopic abundance in petroleum and associated materials. Bull American Ass of Petroleum Geologists 42(11)... 

Barclay S. A., Lru K. and Holland D. (2003) Reservoir quality, diagenesis and sedimentology of the Pale and Subu sandstones revisiting tbe Eastern Papuan Basin, Papua New Guinea. AusL Petr. Prod. Expl. Assoc. J. 43(1), 515—535. Chou C.-L. (1990) The geochemistry of sulfur in coal. In Geochemistry of Sulfur in Fossil Fuel (eds. W. L. Orr and... 

Various kinds of rocks that form the crust of the earth include igneous rocks, such as granite and basalt meta-morphic varieties, such as schist and quartzite and layered sedimentary rocks, such as sandstone and shale. Most of them consist chiefly of minerals that are compounds of silicon. Much of the inorganic geochemistry of our surroundings is linked to the properties of this one element. Of all the common rock types, only limestone and dolomite are exceptions to the rule that rocks are predominantly aggregates of silicon compoimds. 

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