minerals Article
The Use of Integrated Fluid Inclusion Studies for Constraining Petroleum Charge History at Parsons Pond, Western Newfoundland, Canada James Conliffe 1, *, Elliot T. Burden 2 and Derek H. C. Wilton 2 1 2
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Geological Survey of Newfoundland Labrador, Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 8700, St. John’s, NL A1B 4J6, Canada Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X5, Canada;
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Academic Editor: Martin Feely Received: 10 January 2017; Accepted: 27 February 2017; Published: 12 March 2017
Abstract: This study, based on fluid inclusion petrography, microthermometry and ultraviolet microspectroscopy of inclusion oil, investigates the petroleum charge history at Parsons Pond, western Newfoundland. To address this matter, drill core and cuttings samples of allochthonous and autochthonous strata in the Parson’s Pond area were collected from three exploration wells. Fluid inclusions were examined from fragments of calcite and quartz veins, diagenetic cements in sandstone, and in large hydrothermal dolomite and calcite crystals. Primary aqueous inclusions in authigenic sandstone cements indicate that cementation occurred at relatively shallow depths and low temperatures (
