An oxygen and carbon isotopic study of multiple episodes of fluid flow in the Dalradian and Highland Border Complex, Stonehaven, Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 367-379

  Masters, R L ^a   Ague, J J ^a   Rye, D M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; 18O; Dalradian; Highland Boundary Fault; Stonehaven Scotland

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FLUID FLOW; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; OXYGEN;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034104734     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.2.367     Document Type: Article

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