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1. IntroductionProblems, Progress And Future Research Concerning Dolomites And DolomitizationDolomieu And The First Description Of DolomiteSummary2. Sabkha, Evaporitic And Reflux Dolomitization ModelsSalina Sedimentation And Diagenesis: West Caicos Island, British West IndiesMechanisms Of Complete Dolomitization In A Carbonate Shelf: Comparison Between The Novian Dolomia Principale (Italy) And The Holocene Of Abu Dhabi SabkhaChanging Dolomitization Styles From Norian To Rhaetian In The Southern Tethus RealmDistribution, Petrography And Geochemistry Of Early Dolomite In Cyclic Shelf Facies, Yates Formation (Guadalupian), Capitan Reef Complex, USA3. Mixing Zone And Seawater Dolomitization ModelsDolomitization By Near-Normal Seawater? Field Evidence From The BahamasLate Cenozoic Dolomites Of The Bahamas: Metastable Analogues For The Genesis Of Ancient Platform DolomitesDolomitization Caused By Water Circulation Near The Mixing Zone: An Example From The Lower Visean Of The Campine Basin (Northern Belgium)4. Urial Dolomitization ModelsBurial Dolomitization Of The Middle Ordovician Glenwood Formation By Evaporitic Brines, Michigan BasinPetrographic, Geochemical And Structural Constraints On The Timing And Distribution Of Postliterification Dolomite In The Rhaetian Portoro ('Calcare Nero') Of The Portovenere Area, La Spezia, ItalyHas Burial Dolomitization Come Of Age? Some Answers From The Western Canada Sedimentary BasinBurial And Hydrothermal Diagenesis Of Ordovician Carbonates From The Michigan Basin, Ontario, CanadaProgressive Recrystallization And Stabilization Of Early-Stage Dolomite: Lower Ordovician Ellenburger Group, West TexasDolomite ReservoirsNature, Origins And Evolution Of Porosity In DolomitesPermeability And Porosity Evolution In Dolomitized Upper Cretaceous Pelagic Limestones Of Central TunisiaPorosity Evaluation Through Hypersaline Reflux Dolomitization5. Petrology And Geochemistry Of DolomitesSynthesis Of Dolomite And Geochemical ImplicationsDiscontinuous Solid Solution In Ca-Rich Dolomites: The Evidence And Implications For The Interpretation Of Dolomite Petrographic And Geochemical DataRates Of Dolomitization: The Influence Of Dissolved SulphatePervasive Dolomitization Of A Subtidal Carbonate Ramp, Silurian And Devonian, Illinois Basin, USA6. Dolomitization And Organic MatterOrganic Matter Distribution, Water Circulation And Dolomitization Beneath The Abu Dhabi Sabkha (United Arab Emirates)Burial Dolomitization Of Organic Rich And Organic Poor Carbonates, Jurassic Of Central TunisiaIndex