The flow of surface-derived fluids through Alice Springs age middle-crustal ductile shear zones, Reynolds Range, central Australia

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 397-414

  Cartwright, I ^a   Buick, I S ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Metasomatism; Meteoric fluids; Oxygen isotopes; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; METASOMATISM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SHEAR ZONE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033165765     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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