Alteration mineralogy in detachment zones: Insights from Swansea, Arizona

Geosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 184-198

  Michalski, Joseph R ^a   Reynolds, Stephen J ^b   Niles, Paul B ^c   Sharp, Thomas G ^b   Christensen, Philip R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Detachment fault; Emission spectroscopy; Infrared; K metasomatism

Indexed keywords

BASIN; BRINE; CELADONITE; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAULTING; HEAT FLOW; HEMATITE; ILLITE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; METASOMATISM; MINERALOGY; MIOCENE; PERMEABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57349128596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00080.1     Document Type: Article

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