Magma-driven hydraulic fracturing and infiltration of fluids into the damaged host rock, an example from Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 839-854

  Engvik, Ane K ^a   Bertram, Andreas ^b   Kalthoff, Jörg F ^b   Stöckhert, Bernhard ^b   Austrheim, Håkon ^c   Elvevold, Synnøve ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alteration halo; Antarctica; Damage zone; Fluid infiltration; Hydraulic fracture; Process zone

Indexed keywords

MAGMA-DRIVEN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PEGMATITIC VEINS; PLUTONIC ROCKS; RETROGRESSION;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INFILTRATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICROCRACKS; QUARTZ;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND; WORLD;

EID: 18744408467     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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