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This archive contains data in support of: 

BOUCH, J.E.,  HOLE, M.J., TREWIN, N.H., CHENERY S. AND MORTON, A.C.  2002.  

Authigenic apatite in a fluvial sandstone sequence: evidence for rare-earth element mobility during diagenesis and a tool for diagenetic correlation. 

Journal of Sedimentary Research, Vol. 72(1), 63-71.

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AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS

JON E. BOUCH      1*  (corresponding author)
MALCOLM J. HOLE   1
NIGEL H. TREWIN   1
SIMON CHENERY     2
ANDREW C. MORTON  1,3*

1  Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology, 
   University of Aberdeen, 
   Aberdeen 
   AB24 3UE.
   UK

*Present Address: 
   British Geological Survey, 
   Kingsley Dunham Centre, 
   Keyworth, 
   Nottingham 
   NG12 5GG.
   UK 

2  British Geological Survey
   Kingsley Dunham Centre, 
   Keyworth, 
   Nottingham 
   NG12 5GG.
   UK

3*Present Address:
   HM Research Associates, 
   100 Main Street, 
   Woodhouse Eaves, 
   Leicestershire LE12 8RZ.
   UK

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CREDITS

This work was undertaken between 1993-1996, as part of Jon Bouch's Ph.D. thesis, which was sponsored by Shell U.K. Exploration and Production.

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PURPOSE

The paper presents trace element geochemical data on authigenic apatite cements, precipitated during diagenesis in the Statfjord Formation of the U.K. Northern North Sea (Brent Field).  Limited data for authigenic apatite from the Brae Field are also presented for the purposes of comparison. This work formed part of a broader study investigating instances where supposed "immobile" trace elements (REE, HFSE etc.) can be seen to have been mobilised (on some scale) during diagenesis.

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NATURE OF DATA

The data contained herein represent point analyses of authigenic apatite, and were acquired using:
  wavelength dispsersive - electron probe microanalysis (WDS-EPMA)
  laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LAMP-ICP-MS)

See reference cited above for details of analytical methodology, and minimum detection levels.

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DATA FORMAT

One excel97 workbook, containing all WDS-EPMA and LAMP-ICP-MS data on separate worksheets.  Analyses of equivalent points by different techniques are cross-referenced between the worksheets.