Geological implications of a permeability-depth curve for the continental crust

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1107-1110

  Ingebritsen, S E ^a   Manning, Craig E ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REGIONS; CARBONATION REACTIONS; CLIMATIC EFFECTS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DIFFUSE DEGASSING; FLUID PRESSURES; METAMORPHIC FLUIDS; OROGENIC BELTS;

GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; FLUID FLOW; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; METAMORPHISM; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84874994995     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<1107:GIOAPD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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