Upper crustal fluid flow in the outboard region of the Southern Alps, New Zealand

Geofluids

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Upton, Phaedra ^a   Craw, D ^a   Caldwell, T G ^b   Koons, P O ^a   James, Z ^a   Wannamaker, P E ^c   Jiracek, G J ^d   Chamberlain, C P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid driving forces; Magnetotelluries; Southern Alps; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; FLUID DYNAMICS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MIXING; OROGENIC BELT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0037656498     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-8123.2003.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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