Fluid conduits in carbonate-hosted seismogenic normal faults of central Italy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Agosta, F ^a   Kirschner, D L ^a  

^a Saint Louis University School of Science and Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Earthquake; Fluid; Italy; Normal fault; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; FLUID FLOW; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; NORMAL FAULT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

(CENTRAL); ITALY;

EID: 0041810302     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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