Fracture sealing and fluid overpressures in limestones of the Jabal Akhdar dome, Oman mountains

Geofluids

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-184

  Hilgers, Christoph ^a   Kirschner, D L ^b   Breton, J P ^c   Urai, J L ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

^c BRGM Oman Branch   (Oman)

Author keywords

Paleo stresses; Stable isotopy; Veins

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FRACTURE FLOW; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIMESTONE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN REGION; OVERPRESSURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 33645852857     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2006.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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