Stress-induced smectite dehydration: Ramifications for patterns of freshening and fluid expulsion in the N. Barbados accretionary wedge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 179-197

  Fitts, Tina G ^a   Brown, Kevin M ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean plate; Dehydration; Fluid dynamics; Fluid pressure; Hydrothermal conditions; Smectite

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CARIBBEAN PLATE; DEHYDRATION; FLUID EXPULSION; SMECTITE; STRESS;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0033569101     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00168-5     Document Type: Article

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