Fluid Inclusion Studies
- 1st Edition - September 1, 2024
- Authors: Guoxiang Chi, Matthew Steele-Mcinnis
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 0 9 8 - 8
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Request a sales quoteFluid Inclusion Studies: Principle, Problems, and Practice aims to help readers overcome these problems by analyzing challenges and pitfalls and providing a practical guide for conducting their studies. Fluid inclusion study is a powerful tool in the field of the Earth science, especially in the study of mineral and oil and gas deposits. Fluid inclusions are samples of paleo-fluids entrapped in minerals and can provide indispensable information about the compositions of the fluids, and the temperature and pressure conditions of the host mineral formation.
The principles are well established and generally easy to understand, however many scientists underestimate the complexities of the subject and make some common mistakes in data collection and interpretation.
- Includes down to earth discussion of common pitfalls in fluid inclusion studies, allowing scientists to avoid mistakes in actual studies
- Features a problem-oriented approach that makes it easy for scientists to pinpoint problems and solutions
- Includes unique applications of fluid inclusions, including applications in plate subduction systems, geothermal systems, environmental studies, and extraterrestrial studies
Earth Scientists, Geologists, individuals working in the mining industry and oil and gas industry
1. Introduction
2. Principles and methods of fluid inclusion studies
1.Introduction
2.Sample selection and preparation
3.Types of fluid inclusions
4.Genetic classification of fluid inclusions
5.Fluid inclusion petrography
6.Microthermometry
7.Chemical analysis of fluid inclusions
8.Phase analysis and PVTX modeling
9.Interpretation of fluid inclusion data
3. Problems, obstacles and practices of fluid inclusion studies
1.Problems and obstacles related to fluid inclusion petrography
2.Problems and obstacles related to metastability
3.Problems and obstacles related to phase relationships
4.Problems and obstacles particular to melt inclusions
5.Problems and obstacles related to temperature and pressure calculation and interpretation
6.Problems and obstacles related to chemical analysis of fluid inclusions
7.Problems and obstacles related to data presentation
8.Recommended procedure to conduct fluid inclusions
4. Applications of fluid inclusions
1.Application in mineral deposits
2.Application in oil and gas deposits
3.Application in magmatic systems
4.Application in metamorphic systems
5. Other applications
2. Principles and methods of fluid inclusion studies
1.Introduction
2.Sample selection and preparation
3.Types of fluid inclusions
4.Genetic classification of fluid inclusions
5.Fluid inclusion petrography
6.Microthermometry
7.Chemical analysis of fluid inclusions
8.Phase analysis and PVTX modeling
9.Interpretation of fluid inclusion data
3. Problems, obstacles and practices of fluid inclusion studies
1.Problems and obstacles related to fluid inclusion petrography
2.Problems and obstacles related to metastability
3.Problems and obstacles related to phase relationships
4.Problems and obstacles particular to melt inclusions
5.Problems and obstacles related to temperature and pressure calculation and interpretation
6.Problems and obstacles related to chemical analysis of fluid inclusions
7.Problems and obstacles related to data presentation
8.Recommended procedure to conduct fluid inclusions
4. Applications of fluid inclusions
1.Application in mineral deposits
2.Application in oil and gas deposits
3.Application in magmatic systems
4.Application in metamorphic systems
5. Other applications
- No. of pages: 478
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 1, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443190988
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Guoxiang Chi
Guoxiang Chi, Ph.D., P.Geo., is a professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Regina, Canada. He received a B.Sc. from Fuzhou University (China) in 1983, M.Sc. from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1986, and Ph.D. from the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi in 1992. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi from 1992 to 1993, and the Geological Survey of Canada from 1994 to 1995. He then worked at the Geological Survey of Canada as a research scientist from 1996 until he joined the University of Regina in 2002. Dr. Chi’s research interest is mainly in the field of Economic Geology, Mineralization Hydrodynamics, and Geofluids, with emphasis on application of fluid inclusion, stable isotope, and numerical modeling techniques. He has published over 160 journal papers and is currently an associate editor of “Ore Geology Reviews” and “Acta Geologica Sinica.”
Affiliations and expertise
University of Regina, CanadaMS
Matthew Steele-Mcinnis
Matthew Steele-MacInnis is an associate professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta. He received a B.Sc. in Earth Sciences from Memorial University in 2008 and a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 2013. He held a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship at ETH Zürich from 2013 to 2015 and was an assistant professor at the University of Arizona from 2015 to 2017, when he moved to the University of Alberta. Matt has been awarded a CAREER grant from the US National Science Foundation, the Hisashi Kuno award from the American Geophysical Union, and the Young Scientist Award from the Mineralogical Association of Canada. His research interests include all aspects of the properties and roles of fluids in geologic systems, especially when it comes to the formation of mineral deposits. He has published over 80 journal papers and is currently an associate editor of “American Mineralogist,” “The Canadian Mineralogist,” and “Mineralium Deposita.”
Affiliations and expertise
University of Alberta, Canada