Fault fluid composition from fluid inclusion measurements, Laramide age Uinta thrust fault, Utah

Chemical Geology

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 105-119

  Parry, W T ^a   Blamey, Nigel J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault fluids; Fluid inclusions; Gas analysis; Laramide faults; Nugget Sandstone

Indexed keywords

FAULT FLUIDS; FLUID INCLUSIONS; GAS ANALYSIS; LARAMIDE; NUGGET SANDSTONE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BLEACHING; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLEANING; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INCLUSIONS; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; LANDFORMS; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOANALYSIS;

FLUIDS;

FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LARAMIDE OROGENY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REDOX CONDITIONS; SALINITY; SANDSTONE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THRUST FAULT; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 77957804196     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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