Stable isotope and modeling studies of fluid-rock interaction associated with the Snake Range and Mormon Peak detachment faults, Nevada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 300-323

  Losh, Steven ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LIME; LIMESTONE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OXYGEN; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TEXTURES; ROCKS;

ENHANCED PERMEABILITY; FLUID FLOW MECHANISMS; FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HYDROGEOLOGIC PROPERTIES; OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPE EXCHANGE; STANDARD MEAN OCEAN WATERS; DETACHMENT FAULTING; FLUID INCLUSION DATA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

BRECCIA; CAMBRIAN; DETACHMENT FAULT; FLUID FLOW; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PERMEABILITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; DETACHMENT; FLUID/ROCK INTERACTION; METEORITIC FLUID; OXYGEN;

NEVADA; SNAKE RANGE; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0030886171     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0300:SIAMSO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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