Hydrodynamics of regional metamorphism due to continental collision

Economic Geology

Volumn 92, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 880-891

  Brooks Hanson, R ^a  

^a Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEVOLATILIZATION FLUXES; HYDROFRACTURING; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; TOPOGRAPHY;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; HYDRODYNAMICS; METAMORPHISM;

EID: 0031277475     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.92.7-8.880     Document Type: Article

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