The formation of large quartz veins by rapid ascent of fluids in mobile hydrofractures

Tectonophysics

Volumn 336, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 1-17

  Bons, Paul D ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broken Hill Inlier; Flow; Fluid; Hydrofractures; Mineralisation; Veins

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MINERALIZATION; QUARTZ VEIN;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034864564     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00090-7     Document Type: Article

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