Early meteoric fluid flow in high-grade, low-18O gneisses from the Mallee Bore area, northern Harts Range, central Australia

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 839-848

  Miller, Jodie A ^a   Cartwright, Ian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arunta block; Fluids; Granulite facies; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; GNEISS; GRANULITE FACIES; METAMORPHIC FLUID; OXYGEN ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, HARTS RANGE, MALLEE BORE;

EID: 0031441731     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.5.0839     Document Type: Article

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