Fracture-controlled paleohydrology in a map-scale detachment fold: Insights from the analysis of fluid inclusions in calcite and quartz veins

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1490-1510

  Fischer, Mark P ^a   Higuera Díaz, I Camilo ^a   Evans, Mark A ^b   Perry, Eugene C ^a   Lefticariu, Liliana ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detachment fold; Fluid inclusion; Geofluid; Mexico; Paleohydrology; Vein

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS INCLUSIONS; CALCITE VEINS; DETACHMENT FOLDS; EUTECTIC TEMPERATURE; EVAPORITES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUID MIGRATION; HOMOGENIZATION TEMPERATURES; HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS; ME-XICO; MINERAL PARAGENESIS; PALEO-HYDROLOGY; QUARTZ VEIN; STRATIFIED SYSTEMS;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; EUTECTICS; FLUIDS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FRACTURE; HYDROLOGY; INCLUSIONS; MINERALOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRATIGRAPHY;

MINERALS;

CALCITE; FLUID INCLUSION; FOLDING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PARAGENESIS; QUARTZ VEIN; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; UPLIFT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA MADRE; SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL;

CUPIDO;

EID: 70449724578     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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