Mineralogy, nucleation and growth of dolomite in the laboratory and sedimentary environment: a review

JM Gregg, DL Bish, SE Kaczmarek… - Sedimentology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Dolomite [CaMg (CO3) 2] forms in numerous geological settings, usually as a
diagenetic replacement of limestone, and is an important component of petroleum reservoir …

Formation of dolomite catalyzed by sulfate-driven anaerobic oxidation of methane: Mineralogical and geochemical evidence from the northern South China Sea

Y Lu, X Sun, H Xu, H KoniSHi, ZHY Lin, L Xu… - American …, 2018 - degruyter.com
It is very difficult to synthesize dolomite under Earth-surface conditions in the laboratory.
However, multiple carbonate phases, including low-Mg-calcite (LMC), high-Mg-calcite …

The catalytic effect of bound extracellular polymeric substances excreted by anaerobic microorganisms on Ca-Mg carbonate precipitation: Implications for the “ …

F Zhang, H Xu, ES Shelobolina… - American …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Because of its rare occurrence in modern sediments, as well as the difficulty in synthesizing
it under low-temperature conditions in the laboratory, the origin of sedimentary dolomite has …

A new approach to quantify the ordering state of protodolomite using XRD, TEM, and Z-contrast imaging

Y Fang, H Xu - Journal of sedimentary research, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Dolomite, an ordered Ca-Mg-carbonate mineral, is abundant in the sedimentary
record but found only rarely found in Holocene and modern marine settings. Instead …

Primary dolomite in the Late Triassic Travenanzes Formation, Dolomites, Northern Italy: facies control and possible bacterial influence

N Preto, A Breda, J Dal Corso, C Spötl, F Zorzi… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the late Carnian (Late Triassic), a carbonate‐clastic depositional system
including a distal alluvial plain, flood basin and sabkha, tidal flat and shallow carbonate …

Effect of calcium content on the dissolution rate of dolomites in HCl acid

IB Ivanishin, HA Nasr-El-Din - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In previous dissolution studies, dolomite has been commonly assumed to have an ideal
composition of CaMg (CO 3) 2. The objectives of this work are to determine (1) if dolomites …

Co‐precipitation of primary dolomite and Mg‐rich clays in Deep Springs Lake, California

FWC Hobbs, Y Fang, N Lebrun, Y Yang, H Xu - Sedimentology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In contrast to the prevalence of dolomite [CaMg (CO3) 2] in the geological record, there are
few instances of recent formation. This discrepancy occurs despite supersaturation with …

Study of an Ordovician carbonate with alternating dolomite–calcite laminations and its implication for catalytic effects of microbes on the formation of sedimentary …

Y Fang, H Xu - Journal of Sedimentary Research, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The mechanism of sedimentary dolomite formation has puzzled the geology community for
more than a century. Within the past several years, successful synthesis of disordered …

Formation of lacustrine dolomite in the late Miocene marginal lakes of the East Mediterranean (Northern Israel)

D Shaked Gelband, Y Edelman‐Furstenberg… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The study focuses on the formation of lacustrine dolomite in late Miocene lakes, located at
the East Mediterranean margins (Northern Israel). These lakes deposited the sediments of …

Z-contrast imaging and ab initio study on “d” superstructure in sedimentary dolomite

Z Shen, H Konishi, I Szlufarska… - American …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Nano-precipitates with tripled periodicity along the c-axis are observed in a Ca-rich dolomite
sample from Proterozoic carbonate rocks with “molar tooth” structure. This observation is …