Hydrothermal brecciation due to fluid pressure fluctuations: Examples from the Olary Domain, South Australia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 366, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 187-206

  Clark, Christopher ^a   James, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breccia; Brittle failure; Fractal analysis; Olary domain

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; BRITTLE FAILURE; DEFORMATION; FLUID PRESSURE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0038321914     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00095-7     Document Type: Article

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