Table 2 Results of dolomite stoichiometry inferred from single point analyses from EPMA data. Elemental compositions are in mole% calibrated to standard dolomite. Traces of Fe and Mn are constituents of dolomite.

From: Dolomite genesis in bioturbated marine zones of an early-middle Miocene coastal mud volcano outcrop (Kuwait)

Point

Comment

MgO(mole%)

CaO(mole%)

FeO(mole%)

MnO(mole%)

CO3(mole%)

Mg/Ca

1

Dolomite standard

25.34

25.24

0.00

0.00

49.40

1.00

2

MV1-dol-1

22.60

25.90

0.27

0.02

51.25

0.87

3

MV1-dol-2

21.78

26.49

0.17

0.00

51.50

0.82

4

MV1-dol-3

23.71

26.20

0.17

0.02

49.85

0.91

5

MV2-dol-1

23.65

26.28

0.21

0.01

49.77

0.90

6

MV2-dol-2

23.23

26.78

0.18

0.02

49.70

0.87

7

MV2-dol-3

22.95

26.93

0.16

0.04

49.72

0.85