Resolution of regional fluid flow related to successive orogenic events on the Laurentian margin

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 547-550

  Mark, Darren F ^a   Parnell, John ^a   Kelley, Simon P ^b   Sherlock, Sarah C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authigenic K feldspar; Caledonian orogeny; Fluid flow; Fucoid Beds

Indexed keywords

FLUID MIGRATION; OROGENY;

FELDSPAR; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ACCRETION; AUTHIGENESIS; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FLUID FLOW; ORDOVICIAN; OUTCROP; SILURIAN;

CANADA; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 34250805513     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23388A.1     Document Type: Article

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