Permeability data for impact breccias imply focussed hydrothermal fluid flow

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 106, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 171-175

  Parnell, John ^a   Taylor, Colin W ^a   Thackrey, Scott ^a   Osinski, Gordon R ^b   Lee, Pascal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Hydrothermal systems; Impact crater; Permeability

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IMPACT CRATER; IMPACT CRATERS; METEORITE IMPACT; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; POTENTIAL SITES;

FLUIDS; FRACTURE; METEOR IMPACTS; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

BRECCIA; CRATER; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 77953562945     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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