A petrographic and fluid inclusion assessment of hydrothermal alteration of some impactites and crystalline rocks in the Chesapeake Bay impact structure, ICDP-USGS Eyreville B core

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 458, Issue , 2009, Pages 543-557

  Vanko, David A ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CLAY ALTERATION; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GROUNDWATER; INFILL DRILLING; MINERALOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZEOLITES;

CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURES; CONTINENTAL SCIENTIFIC DRILLINGS; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; U.S GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BRECCIA; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IMPACT STRUCTURE; IMPACTITE; PETROGRAPHY; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SECONDARY MINERAL; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; SUEVITE;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74949126684     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2458(23)     Document Type: Article

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