Fluid inclusion evidence for geothermal structure beneath the Southern Alps, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-52

  Craw, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boiling; Fluid inclusions; Fluid pressure; Heat flow; Immiscibility; Mountains; Southern Alps; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BOILING; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOTHERMAL STRUCTURE; SCHIST; THERMAL ANOMALY;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 0030854378     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1997.9514739     Document Type: Article

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