Fluid flow along microfractures in calcite from a marble from East Antarctica: Evidence from gigantic (21 ‰) oxygen isotopic zonation

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-254

  Satish Kumar, M ^a   Yoshida, M ^a   Wada, H ^b   Niitsuma, N ^b   Santosh, M ^c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; ISOTOPES; MARBLE; MICA; OXYGEN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CALCITE CRYSTALS; DIFFUSION CONTROLLED; GRANULITE FACIES; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; ISOTOPE EXCHANGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RE-PRECIPITATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GRANULITE FACIES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARBLE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHLOGOPITE; MICROFRACTURE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0031869723     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0251:FFAMIC>2.3.CO     Document Type: Article

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