Barite-forming environments along a rifted continental margin, Southern California Borderland

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 11-13, 2007, Pages 1327-1349

  Hein, James R ^a   Zierenberg, Robert A ^b   Maynard, J Barry ^c   Hannington, Mark D ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barite; Deep seated fluids; Rifted margin; S and Sr isotopes; Southern California Borderland

Indexed keywords

BARITE; CATCHMENTS; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY;

DEEP SEATED FLUIDS; RIFTED MARGIN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BORDERLAND;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BARITE; BROMINE; CARBON; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DOLOMITE; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NEOGENE; OXYGEN; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PALOS VERDES PENINSULA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 34547728697     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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