Origin and role of fluids involved in the seismic cycle of extensional faults in carbonate rocks

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 450, Issue , 2016, Pages 292-305

  Smeraglia, Luca ^a   Berra, Fabrizio ^b   Billi, Andrea ^a   Boschi, Chiara ^c   Carminati, Eugenio ^a   Doglioni, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

central Apennines; fault zone evolution; fluid circulation; fluid pressure; seismic cycle; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CARBONATION; FLUIDIZATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; ISOTOPES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CENTRAL APENNINES; FAULT ZONE EVOLUTION; FLUID CIRCULATION; FLUID PRESSURES; SEISMIC CYCLE; STABLE ISOTOPES;

FAULTING;

CARBONATE ROCK; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; FLUID PRESSURE; SEISMIC WAVE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSTENSION;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 84978198778     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.042     Document Type: Article

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