Helium isotopic signature of modern and fossil fluids associated with the Corinth rift fault zone (Greece): Implication for fault connectivity in the lower crust

Chemical Geology

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 67-75

  Pik, Raphaël ^a   Marty, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Corinth rift; Fault zone; Fluid transfer; Helium isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CALCITE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; FOSSIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE STRUCTURE; RIFT ZONE; SHEAR ZONE;

CORINTH [PELOPONNISOS]; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PELOPONNISOS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 68349137786     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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