Fluid inclusions in shear zones: The case of the Umwindsi shear zone in the Harare-Shamva-Bindura greenstone belt, NE Zimbabwe

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1079-1090

  Huizenga, Jan M ^a   Touret, Jacques L R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon saturated C O H fluid; Fluid inclusions; High salinity fluid; Immiscibility; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

BELTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; SOLUBILITY; TEXTURES;

FLUID INCLUSION; GREENSTONE BELTS; HIGH-SALINITY FLUIDS; HOMOGENEOUS FLUIDS; RE-EQUILIBRATION; REGIONAL DEFORMATIONS; SHEAR ZONE; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES;

MINERALOGY;

DEFORMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; IMMISCIBLE FLUID; QUARTZ; SHEAR ZONE;

HARARE-SHAMVA-BINDURA GREENSTONE BELT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033383914     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/11/6/1079     Document Type: Article

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