Coupled mineral-fluid evolution of a basin and high: Kaolinization in the SW England granites in relation to the development of the Plymouth Basin

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 214, Issue , 2003, Pages 175-195

  Psyrillos, Agamemnon ^a,b   Burley, Stuart D ^c,d   Manning, David A C ^a,e   Fallick, Anthony E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BG Group ^*  (Greece)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; INDUSTRIAL MINERAL; KAOLIN; ORE-FORMING FLUID; PETROGENESIS;

EID: 0037484429     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.214.01.11     Document Type: Article

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