Fluid migration in a cratonic setting: The fluid histories of two fault zones in the eastern midcontinent

Tectonophysics

Volumn 305, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 307-323

  Ramsey, David W ^a,b   Onasch, Charles M ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brine migration; Cratonic fault zone; Fluid inclusions; Fluids

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; CRATON; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033541997     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00021-9     Document Type: Article

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