Mantle fluids in the San Andreas fault system, California

Science

Volumn 278, Issue 5341, 1997, Pages 1278-1281

  Kennedy, B M ^a   Kharaka, Y K ^b   Evans, W C ^b   Ellwood, A ^c   DePaolo, D J ^c   Thordsen, J ^b   Ambats, G ^b   Mariner, R H ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM;

FAULT WEAKENING; FLUID COMPOSITION; HELIUM; MANTLE FLUID; STRIKE SLIP FAULT;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VOLCANIC ASH;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

EID: 0030667134     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5341.1278     Document Type: Article

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