Dolomite chimneys as possible evidence of coastal fluid expulsion, uppermost Otago continental slope, southern New Zealand

Marine Geology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 51-67

  Orpin, A R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Cement; Fluid flow; Geochemistry; New Zealand; Otago shelf

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE CHIMNEY; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; CEMENTATION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DOLOMITE; FLUID EXPULSION; HYDROTHERMAL CHIMNEYS; PALAEOENVIRONMENT;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, OTAGO; PACIFIC, (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 0030814717     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(96)00101-6     Document Type: Article

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