Minimal mass transfer across dolomitic granular fault cores

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Billi, Andrea ^a   Primavera, Paolo ^a   Soligo, Michele ^a   Tuccimei, Paola ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fault breccia; Fault zones; Gouge; Pressure solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949098200     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001752     Document Type: Article

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