Hydrothermalism and diapirism in the Archean: Gravitational instability constraints

Tectonophysics

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 29-39

  De Bremond D'Ars, Jean ^a   Lécuyer, Christophe ^a,b   Reynard, Bruno ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Archean; Diapirism; Gravity tectonics; Hydrothermal alteration

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DIAPIRISM; GRAVITY FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; TECTONICS;

EID: 0345280758     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00303-5     Document Type: Article

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