Preservation of an extreme transient geotherm in the Raft River detachment shear zone

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 759-762

  Gottardi, R ^a   Teyssier, C ^a   Mulch, A ^b,c,d   Vennemann, T W ^e   Wells, M L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CONVECTIVE FLOW; CORE COMPLEX; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOTHERMS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; LARGE COMPONENTS; METEORIC FLUIDS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PURE SHEAR; RAFT RIVER; SHEAR ZONE;

FLUIDS; ISOTOPES; MICA; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); THERMAL GRADIENTS;

RIVERS;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CONVECTION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FLUID INCLUSION; FOOTWALL; HANGING WALL; MUSCOVITE; QUARTZ; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SHEAR ZONE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

RAFT RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960588360     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31834.1     Document Type: Article

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