Hydraulic connection and fluid overpressure in upper crustal rocks: Evidence from the geometry and spatial distribution of veins at Botrona quarry, southern Tuscany, Italy

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1386-1399

  Mazzarini, Francesco ^a   Isola, Ilaria ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluid overpressure; Fracture systems; Sandstones; Tuscany; Vein systems

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL ROCKS; FLUID OVERPRESSURE; HYDRAULIC CONNECTION;

FRACTURE; HYDRAULICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; QUARRIES; SANDSTONE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FLUID PRESSURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; OVERPRESSURE; SANDSTONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UPPER CRUST; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 34547684099     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.02.016     Document Type: Article

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