Table 1 Initial abundance of primary and secondary phases applied to the model.

From: Reactive transport modelling of an intra-basalt sandstone reservoir, Rosebank, UK

 

Initial abundance (XRD%)

1LogK0

Primary minerals (chemical formula)

  

Sandstone

2Quartz (SiO2)

67

2 K-feldspar (KAlSi3O8)

10

2Plagioclase (Ca0.2Na0.8Al1.2Si2.8O8)

23

Basalt

3Basalt (Na0.096K0.003Fe0.210Mg0.217Al0.350Ca0.268Si1.000O3.379)

100

Secondary minerals

Calcite (CaCO3)

0

1.8487

Siderite (FeCO3)

0

− 11.0441

Amorphous SiO2 (SiO2)

0

− 2.7136

Chamosite (Fe5Al2Si3O10(OH)8)

0

32.8416

Saponite-Mg-Fe (Fe0.175Mg3Al0.35Si3.65O10(OH)2)

0

27.6789

Nontronite-Mg (Mg0.175Fe2Al0.35Si3.65H2O12)

0

− 11.6200

Illite (KAl3Si3O10(OH)2)

0

13.5858

Analcime (Na0.96Al0.96Si2.04O6:1H2O)

0

− 15.4836

Boehmite (AlO(OH))

0

7.5642

Albite (NaAlSi3O8)

0

2.7645

  1. 1All thermodynamic data comes from the carbfix.dat database37. 0 note standard state (temperature of 298 K and 1 bar pressure).
  2. 2Initial abundance normalized for quartz, K-feldspar and plagioclase.
  3. 3Basalt chemistry from16.