Criteria for recognition of localization and timing of multiple events of hydrothermal alteration in sandstones illustrated by petrographic, fluid inclusion, and isotopic analysis of the Tera Group, Northern Spain

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1811-1826

  González Acebrón, Laura ^a   Goldstein, R H ^b   Mas, Ramón ^a   Arribas, J ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameros basin; Fluid inclusions; Quartz cements; SEM CL; Thermal evolution

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; FLUID INCLUSION; HEAT FLUX; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METAMORPHISM; PERMEABILITY; PETROGRAPHY; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

SPAIN;

EID: 80355139129     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0606-2     Document Type: Article

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