Stable isotopic evidence for mixing between metamorphic fluids and surface-derived waters during recent uplift of the Southern Alps, New Zealand

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 73-92

  Templeton, A S ^a,c   Chamberlain, C P ^a   Koons, P O ^b   Craw, D ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basins; Hydrothermal conditions; New Zealand; Southern Alps; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METAMORPHIC FLUID; UPLIFT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0031852441     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00143-x     Document Type: Article

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