Fluid regime in faulting deformation of the Waratah Fault Zone, Australia, as inferred from major and minor element analyses and stable isotopic signatures

Tectonophysics

Volumn 294, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 109-130

  Janssen, Christoph ^a   Laube, Norbert ^a   Bau, Michael ^a   Gray, David R ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Fault Zone; Fluid rock interaction; Lachlan Fold Belt; Stable isotopes; Trace elements; Veins

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FLUID FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032581828     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00127-9     Document Type: Article

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