Fracture-controlled palaeohydrology of a secondary salt weld, La Popa Basin, NE Mexico

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-130

  Smith, Adam P ^a   Fischer, Mark P ^a   Evans, Mark A ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; HOST ROCK; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHANE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SALINITY; SALT TECTONICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

LA POPA BASIN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84863115323     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP363.6     Document Type: Article

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