Incursion of meteoric waters into the ductile regime in an active orogen

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 399, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-13

  Menzies, Catriona D ^a   Teagle, Damon A H ^a   Craw, Dave ^b   Cox, Simon C ^c   Boyce, Adrian J ^d   Barrie, Craig D ^d,e   Roberts, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e Elementar UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpine fault; Fluid flow; Fluid inclusions; Meteoric water; Southern Alps; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN; QUARTZ;

ALPINE FAULTS; FLUID INCLUSION; METEORIC WATERS; SOUTHERN ALPS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 84900859302     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.046     Document Type: Article

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