Fluid inclusions in crack-seal veins at Dugald River, Mount Isa Inlier: Implications for palaeostress states and deformation conditions during orogenesis

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1359-1368

  Xu, Guojian ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DEFORMATION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); RIVERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CRACK SEAL DEFORMATION; FLUID INCLUSIONS; OROGENESIS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

CRACK-SEAL VEIN; DEFORMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; OROGENESIS; PALAEOSTRESS;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, MOUNT ISA;

EID: 0031277711     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(97)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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