Pressure and temperature conditions of brittle-ductile vein emplacement in the greenschist facies, Chugach metamorphic complex, Alaska: Evidence from fluid inclusions

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 371, Issue , 2003, Pages 217-235

  Weinberger, Jill ^a,b   Sisson, Virginia B ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chugach metamorphic complex; Fluid inclusions; Geothermal gradient; Geothermobarometry; Geothermometry; Greenschist facies; Ridge subduction; Vein emplacement

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TEXTURES;

CHUGACH METAMORPHIC COMPLEX; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GREENSCHIST; RIDGE SUBDUCTION; VEIN EMPLACEMENT;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EOCENE; FLUID FLOW; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOBAROMETRY; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; GREENSCHIST FACIES; HYDROCARBON; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84870944208     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2371-X.217     Document Type: Article

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