Sediment-petrological and geochemical characterisation of travertine - Travertine as a potential Pre-Salt carbonate analogue KU Leuven
Travertines are continental carbonates that precipitate due to CO2 degassing of supersaturated spring waters and are typically characterised by their eye-catching porosity. In addition to the more conventional brackish stromatolites, they have been envisaged as potential Pre-Salt reservoir rock in the South Atlantic. Studying outcrop analogues helps to better understand heterogeneities, lateral variability and properties of reservoirs. The ...