Carbonate cements, such as calcite, dolomite, ferrocalcite and ankerite, play important roles in the formation of pores in sandstones: precipitation of carbonate cements modifies pores and inhibits compaction, while dissolution creates secondary pores. This work proposed a precipitation-dissolution model for carbonate cements-CO2-H2O system by means of ion equilibrium concentration ([M2+], M = ...

Hard rock aquifers for the purpose of this Paper mean the non-carbonate, fractured rock aquifers in the terrain covered by crystalline basement complex, metamorphic rocks and also by extensive effusive volcanic rocks like the basalts of western India (Deccan traps. Ground water development in hard rock aquifer areas has always played a secondary role compared to that in the areas having high-yi...

Introduction: Carbonaceous chondrites ALH84051 and ALH84034 rank amongst the most aqueously altered meteorites within the CM group and have been classified as petrologic type 1s. Nearly all primary anhydrous minerals have been replaced by secondary alteration phases, yet these meteorites still possess primitive whole-rock compositions [1,2]. Although elemental transport does not appear to have ...

In 2003, Red Chris Development Company started collecting baseline data to support its application for environmental approvals to mine the Red Chris porphyry copper-gold deposit located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. An extensive geochemical testing program revealed that the majority of the waste rock has the potential to generate acid. However, the presence of significant quantities...

The petroleum industry requires the best materials to reverse the rock wettability to water-wet state which give significantly improved oil recovery.Nanoparticles are suggested as enhanced oil recovery potential agents to decrease viscosity and alter the wettability of reservoir towards more water-wet. This study provides new insights into CuO nanoparticles effects on wett...

Carbonate rock is a general term for the composed of carbonate minerals, which mainly sediments, with calcite (limestone) and dolomite (dolomite) as main forms. rocks are important oil storage rocks, storing more than half world's natural gas oil, co-existing various types solid sedimentary deposits. They themselves kind mineral that can be used in construction, chemical industry, metallurgy ot...

Data recorded of the Mormon Mesa by the airborne hyperspectral imaging spectrometer SEBASS show that some massive carbonates exhibit dramatically reduced spectral contrast for the strong carbonate bands at 6.5 and 11.25 μm. If carbonates are present on Mars, this type of reduced spectral contrast in massive carbonates could explain why they have not been detected using remotely sensed thermal i...