Fluid pressure and salinity variations in shear zone-related veins, central Pyrenees, France: Implications for the fault-valve model

Tectonophysics

Volumn 262, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 321-348

  Henderson, I H C ^a   McCaig, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID PRESSURE; QUARTZ VEIN; SALINITY; SEISMOGENIC CYCLE; SHEAR ZONE; THRUST;

FRANCE, PYRENEES;

EID: 0030435346     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(96)00018-2     Document Type: Article

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