Fractal analysis of calcsilicate bands from Mérida (Spain) contact-metamorphic aureole: Implications for fluid flow

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 986-989

  Fernandez Caliani J C ^a   Galan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcsilicate hands; Fluid flow; Fractal geometry; M rida; Spain

Indexed keywords

CALC SILICATE BAND; CHANNELIZATION; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; FLUID FLOW; FRACTAL DIMENSION; MARBLE;

SPAIN, EXTREMADURA, BADAJOZ, MERIDA;

EID: 0030425744     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1996.060.403.15     Document Type: Article

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