Thermal regime in the central Alpine Fault zone, New Zealand: Constraints from microstructures, biotite chemistry and fluid inclusion data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 485, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 178-192

  Toy, Virginia G ^a   Craw, Dave ^a   Cooper, Alan F ^a   Norris, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Advection; CO2 H2O fluid inclusions; Quartz veins; Titanium in biotite

Indexed keywords

ALPINE FAULTS; DIFFUSIVE EQUILIBRATION; FAULT ROCK; FAULT ZONE; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUID INCLUSION DATA; FLUID PRESSURES; FLUID TEMPERATURES; MIXED H; MYLONITES; MYLONITIC DEFORMATION; MYLONITIC SHEAR ZONE; NEW RESULTS; NEW ZEALAND; NUMERICAL MODELS; P-T PATH; PLATE BOUNDARIES; QUARTZ VEIN; QUARTZ VEINS; ROCK TEMPERATURES; SEISMIC FAULTS; STEP-FUNCTION; STRAIN LOCALISATION; THERMAL REGIMES; THERMAL STATE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VEIN MICROSTRUCTURE;

ADVECTION; INCLUSIONS; MICA; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); QUARTZ; ROCKS; TITANIUM;

FLUIDS;

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; BIOTITE; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FLUID INCLUSION; HANGING WALL; MICROSTRUCTURE; MYLONITIZATION; P-T-T PATH; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; QUARTZ VEIN; RUPTURE; SHEAR ZONE; THERMAL REGIME; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TITANIUM;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77950534418     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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