Upper crustal fluid migration: An example from the Variscides of SW Ireland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 975-985

  Meere, Patrick A ^a,b   Banks, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Faults; Fluid inclusions; Folds; Ireland; Variscides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000863999     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.6.0975     Document Type: Article

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