Crustal-scale fluid flow during the tectonic evolution of the Bighorn Basin (Wyoming, USA)

Basin Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 403-435

  Beaudoin, Nicolas ^a,b   Bellahsen, Nicolas ^a,b   Lacombe, Olivier ^a,b   Emmanuel, Laurent ^a,b   Pironon, Jacques ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FLUID FLOW; FLUID INCLUSION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BIGHORN BASIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84900296880     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bre.12032     Document Type: Article

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