Controls on fluid flow in transpressive orogens, Taiwan and New Zealand

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 249-265

  Upton, P ^a   Craw, D ^b   Yu, B ^c   Chen, Y G ^d  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; FLUID FLOW; HEAT FLOW; METEORIC WATER; OROGENY; RHEOLOGY; TRANSPRESSION; UPLIFT; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

NEW ZEALAND; TAIWAN;

EID: 84055191180     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP359.14     Document Type: Article

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