Multistage graphite precipitation through protracted fluid flow in sheared metagranitoid, Digana, Sri Lanka: Evidence from stable isotopes

Chemical Geology

Volumn 197, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 253-270

  Binu Lal, S S ^a   Kehelpannala, K V Wilbert ^b   Satish Kumar, M ^a   Wada, Hideki ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Fluid flow; Graphite; Metagranitoid; Shear zone

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; FLUID FLOW; GRANITOID; GRAPHITE; SHEAR ZONE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

DIGANA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0037800333     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00400-X     Document Type: Article

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