Tectonic significance and hydrothermal fluid migration within a strike-slip duplex fault-vein network: An example from the Atacama Fault System;Significado tectónico y migración de fluidos hidrotermales en una red de fallas y vetas de un Duplex de rumbo: Un ejemplo del Sistema de Falla de Atacama

Andean Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 473-497

  Olivares, Viviana ^a   Cembrano, José ^b   Arancibia, Gloria ^b   Reyes, Nicolás ^c   Herrera, Verónica ^a   Faulkner, Daniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Gerencia Medio Ambiente   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atacama Fault System; Brittle deformation; Caleta Coloso Duplex; Fault veins systems

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CRETACEOUS; FAULT PLANE; FAULT ZONE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MICROSTRUCTURE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

ATACAMA; CHILE;

CALETA;

EID: 79955663299     PISSN: 07187092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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