Fluid involvement in the active Helike normal Fault, Gulf of Corinth, Greece

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-250

  Koukouvelas, Ioannis K ^a   Papoulis, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Greece; Gulf of Corinth; Helike Fault; Hydrothermal and meteoric fluids

Indexed keywords

FAULT CORES; FAULT PLANES; FAULT SCARPS; FLUID FLOWS; GREECE; GULF OF CORINTH; GULF OF CORINTH , GREECE; HELIKE FAULT; HIGH PERMEABILITIES; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITIES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL AND METEORIC FLUIDS; METEORIC WATERS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; NORMAL FAULTS; PROTOLITH; ROCK FABRICS; SAMPLING SITES; SEM OBSERVATIONS; SEM-EDS; SMECTITE; XRD;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FABRICS; FELDSPAR; FLUIDS; KAOLINITE; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; ZEOLITES;

MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; FAULT PLANE; FLUID FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; METEORIC WATER; NORMAL FAULT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 62149125913     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.11.018     Document Type: Article

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