Fracture sealing of quartzite under a temperature gradient: Experimental results

Terra Nova

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 173-178

  Hilgers, Christoph ^a   Tenthorey, Eric ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; QUARTZITE; SEALING; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

EID: 4043049996     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2004.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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