A new approach to geobarometry by combining fluid inclusion and clumped isotope thermometry in hydrothermal carbonates
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This study presents a new approach to geobarometry by combining fluid inclusion and clumped isotope (Δ 47) thermometry on carbonate minerals. The offset between homogenisation temperatures of primary fluid inclusions with known composition and Δ 47 temperatures of the host mineral allows a direct estimation of the fluid pressure at the time of carbonate crystallisation. This new approach is illustrated via hydrothermal dolomite samples from the Variscan foreland fold‐and‐thrust belt in northern Spain. Clumped isotope analyses yield crystallisation temperatures (107–168°C) which are higher than homogenisation temperatures in corresponding samples (95–145°C). The calculated pressure values suggest that dolomitizing fluids were overpressured during formation of zebra dolomite textures, whereas lower pressures are obtained for dolomite cement from breccia textures. This new approach to geobarometry opens up the possibility of estimating the pressure of carbonate crystallisation and has potential applications in diagenesis, basin analysis, ore geology and tectonics.
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Clumped isotope data for subsurface carbonates have placed new constraints on geothermal processes.
“geothermal processes (Honlet et al. 2018, Lu et al. 2018)”
From Frontiers of Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometry (2023) · cites this paper as Honlet et al. 2018
Comparisons to other dolomite Δ47-fluid inclusion studies that used calcite-specific Δ47-T calibrations (Came et al., 2017; Honlet et al., 2017) are inconclusive.
“the inconclusive comparisons to other dolomite Δ 47 -fluid inclusion studies that used calcite specific Δ 47 -T calibrations (Came et al., 2017;Honlet et al., 2017)”
From Calibration of the oxygen and clumped isotope thermometers for (proto-)dolomite based on synthetic and natural carbonates (2019) · cites this paper as Honlet et al., 2017
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- Authors
- Honlet, R., Gasparrini, M., Muchez, P., Swennen, R., & John, C. M.
- Affiliations
- KU Leuven (BE)
- IFP Énergies nouvelles (FR)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Honlet, Robin
- Venue
- Terra Nova
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-02-12
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 199-206
- ISSN
- 0954-4879 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-3121
- OpenAlex
- W2782550030
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 2.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Terra Nova (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (Universita Degli Studi Di Milano) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Lirias (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Spiral (Imperial College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (131241)
- Qatar Petroleum
- Shell
- Qatar Science and Technology Park
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Keywords
- geobarometry, fluid inclusions, clumped isotope thermometry, hydrothermal carbonates, dolomite, fluid pressure, crystallization temperature, homogenization temperature, dolomite cement, diagenesis
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