Fluid flow and diffusion in the waterville limestone, south-central Maine: Constraints from strontium, oxygen and carbon isotope profiles

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1489-1512

  Bickle, M J ^a   Chapman, H J ^a   Ferry, J M ^b   Rumble III, D ^c   Fallick, A E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Fluid flow; Metamorphism; Oxygen isotopes; Strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001271441     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/38.11.1489     Document Type: Article

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