The importance of diffusion, advection, and host-rock lithology on vein formation: A stable isotope study from the Paleozoic Ouachita orogenic belt, Arkansas and Oklahoma

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1343-1355

  Richards, Ian J ^a   Connelly, Jeffrey B ^b   Gregory, Robert T ^a   Gray, David R ^c  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ouachita Mountains; Quartz; Stable isotopes; Veins

Indexed keywords

VEIN ORIENTATIONS;

ARRAYS; DEFORMATION; DIFFUSION; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; MASS TRANSFER; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SHALE;

LITHOLOGY;

ADVECTION; DIFFUSION; FLUID FLOW; HOST ROCK; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; QUARTZ VEIN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 2242453281     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1343:TIODAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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