Structural and isotopic constraints on fluid flow regimes and fluid pathways during upper crustal deformation: An example from the Taemas area of the Lachlan Orogen, SE Australia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Cox, Stephen F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID FLOW; FOLDING; FRACTURE NETWORK; HOST ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIMESTONE; OROGENY; PERMEABILITY; REVERSE FAULT; STABLE ISOTOPE; UPPER CRUST; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN FOLD BELT;

EID: 35348850185     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004734     Document Type: Article

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