Modeling the magnitudes and directions of regional metamorphic fluid flow in collisional orogens

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1505-1531

  Lyubetskaya, Tanya ^a   Ague, J J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Fluid flux; Hydration; Metamorphism; Orogen

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEHYDRATION MELTING; FLUID FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METAMORPHISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENIC BELT; P-T CONDITIONS; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 68249139923     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp039     Document Type: Article

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