Regional-scale fluid flow and element mobility in Barrow's metamorphic zones, Stonehaven, Scotland

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Masters, R L ^b   Ague, Jay J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b High School Senior   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLUID FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHISM; QUARTZ VEIN;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27244452248     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-005-0005-z     Document Type: Article

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