Nitrogen isotope tracers of high-temperature fluid-rock interactions: Case study of the Catalina Schist, California

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 77-90

  Bebout, Gray E ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blueschist facies; Fluid phase; Isotopes; Metasomatism; N 15 N 14; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002630904     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00117-9     Document Type: Article

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