Oxygen isotope constraints on fluid infiltration associated with hightemperature-low-pressure metamorphism (Chugach metamorphic complex) within the Eocene southern Alaska forearc

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 371, Issue , 2003, Pages 237-252

  Bowman, John R ^a   Sisson, Virginia B ^b   Valley, John W ^c   Pavlis, Terry L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Buchan metamorphism; Chugach metamorphic complex; Fluid infiltration; Open system; Oxygen isotope transport; Quartz veins; Ridge subduction

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; ISOTOPES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPEN SYSTEMS; OXYGEN; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BUCHAN METAMORPHISM; CHUGACH METAMORPHIC COMPLEX; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; QUARTZ VEIN; RIDGE SUBDUCTION;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; FLUID FLOW; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW PRESSURE; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; QUARTZ;

EID: 84870877697     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2371-X.237     Document Type: Article

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