Structural and geochemical characteristics of faulted sediments and inferences on the role of water in deformatiion, Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 1325-1340

  Caine, Jonathan Saul ^a   Minor, Scott A ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC DATA; DAMAGE ZONES; DEFORMATION BAND; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT CORE; FAULT ZONE; GEOCHEMICAL CHANGES; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; LOW PERMEABILITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; NATURE OF WATER; NEW MEXICO; NORMAL FAULTS; PARTICULATE FLOWS; PETROPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; POPULATION GROWTH; PUMPING STRESS; RIO GRANDE; RIO GRANDE RIFT; ROLE OF WATER; SATURATED WATER; SECONDARY PROCESS; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS;

AQUIFERS; CALCITE; CAPILLARITY; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; DEFORMATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULTING; HYDROGEOLOGY; NORMAL FAULT; PERMEABILITY; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ALBUQUERQUE BASIN; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE RIFT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449366572     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26164.1     Document Type: Article

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