Fluidized hydrothermal breccia in dilatant faults during thrusting: the Columbian emerald deposits

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 155, Issue , 1999, Pages 183-195

  Branquet, Yannick ^a   Cheilletz, Alain ^a,b   Giuliani, Gaston ^a,c   Laumonier, Bernard ^b   Blanco, Oscar ^d  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d MINERALCO SA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; DEFORMATION; EMERALD; FLUIDIZATION;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 0032777184     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.14     Document Type: Article

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