Syntectonic infiltration by meteoric waters along the Sevier thrust front, southwest Montana

Geofluids

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 288-301

  Rygel, A C ^a,b   Anastasio, D J ^a   Bebout, G E ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental Quality ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Montana; Oxygen isotope; Paleohydrology; Sevier orogeny; Thrust belt; Veins

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; FLUID FLOW; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEORIC WATER; MINERALIZATION; OROGENY; THRUST; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

IDAHO; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR; WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY;

EID: 34047228188     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2006.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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