Convective fluid flow through heterogeneous country rocks during contact metamorphism

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 23983-24003

  Gerdes, Martha L ^a,c   Baumgartner, Lukas P ^a,d   Person, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; COUNTRY ROCK; FLUID FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; METAMORPHISM;

EID: 0032505816     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb02049     Document Type: Article

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