Complex patterns of fluid flow during wollastonite formation in calcareous sandstones at Laurel Mountains, Mt. Morrison Pendant, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 76-93

  Lackey, Jade Star ^a   Valley, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Contact metamorphism; Fluid flow; Oxygen isotopes; Sierra Nevada; Stable isotopes; Wollastonite

Indexed keywords

MINERAL-FLUID EXCHANGE; POLYMETAMORPHISM;

INFILTRATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; CRETACEOUS; FLUID FLOW; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PETROGRAPHY; SANDSTONE; WOLLASTONITE;

CALIFORNIA; LAUREL MOUNTAIN; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874986137     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25239.1     Document Type: Article

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