Newly-formed illite preserves fluid sources during folding of shale and limestone rocks; an example from the Mexican Fold-Thrust Belt

We combine structural, fluid-inclusion microthermometry, illite-crystallinity, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and O and H stable isotope analyses of authigenic illite to determine the source of local fluids interacting with rock during folding in anchizonal shales of the Mexican Fold-Thrust Belt (MFTB). A...

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Published in:Earth and planetary science letters 2014-04, Vol.391, p.263-273
Main Authors: Fitz-Díaz, Elisa, Camprubí, Antoni, Cienfuegos-Alvarado, Edith, Morales-Puente, Pedro, Schleicher, Anja M., van der Pluijm, Ben
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