Creation of Secondary Porosity in Dolostones by Upwelling Basement Water in the Foreland of the Alpine Orogen

Figure 4

Muschelkalk dolostones with (a-c; SLA 1295.80) abundant eogenetic anhydrite nodules or (d-f; BEN 817.59 m) with pores resulting from their dissolution. Photomicrographs in crossed-polarized, transmitted light.

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