Geochemical signatures of fluid flow in thrust sheets: Fluid-inclusion and stable isotope studies of calcite veins in western Wyoming

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 85, 2005, Pages 251-267

  Sorkhabi, Rasoul ^a,b  

^a GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

BELEMNOIDEA;

EID: 33645511919     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/1033727M853128     Document Type: Article

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