Stratigraphic control of hot fluids on anthracitization, Lackawanna synclinorium, Pennsylvania

Tectonophysics

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 85-103

  Harrison, Michael J ^a   Marshak, Stephen ^a   Onasch, Charles M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alleghanian brine migration; Fluid inclusions; Illite crystallinity; Lackawanna synclinorium; Northern Anthracite basin; Pennsylvania anthracite

Indexed keywords

ALLEGHANIAN OROGENY; ANTHRACITE; COAL; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; METAMORPHISM;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642545481     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.10.010     Document Type: Article

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