Phyllosilicate mineral assemblages of the SAFOD Pilot Hole and comparison with an exhumed segment of the San Andreas Fault System

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Solum, John G ^a   van der Pluijm, Ben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DRILLING; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GRANITE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FAULT ROCKS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES; PILOT HOLES;

SILICATE MINERALS;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; CATACLASITE; FAULT SLIP; MINERALOGY; PHYLLOSILICATE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

EID: 7044249760     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019909     Document Type: Article

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