History of metamorphic fluids along outcrop-scale faults in a Paleogene accretionary prism, SW Japan: Implications for prism-scale hydrology

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Lewis, Jonathan C ^a   Byrne, Timothy B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Faulting; Fluid flow; Fluid inclusions; Methane; Seismogenic zone; Shimanto belt

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244325069     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000359     Document Type: Article

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