Frontiers in GeofluidsISBN: 978-1-4443-3330-5
Hardcover
328 pages
January 2011, Wiley-Blackwell
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Frontiers in Geofluids is a collection of invited papers
chosen to highlight recent developments in our understanding of
geological fluids in different parts of the Earth, and published to
mark the first ten years of publication of the journal
Geofluids. The scope of the volume ranges from the
fundamental properties of fluids and the phase relationships of
fluids encountered in nature, to case studies of the role of fluids
in natural processes. New developments in analytical and
theoretical approaches to understanding fluid compositions, fluid
properties, and geological fluid dynamics across a wide range of
environments are included. A recurrent theme of research published
in Geofluids is the way in which similar approaches can be
applied to geological fluids in very different settings and this is
reflected in the diverse range of applications of fluid studies
that are included here. They include deep groundwater flow,
hydrocarbons in faulted sedimentary basins, hydrothermal ores, and
multiphase flow in mid-ocean ridge systems. Other topics covered
are geothermal waters, crustal metamorphism, and fluids in magmatic
systems.
The book will be of great interest to researchers and students interested in crustal and mantle fluids of all sorts.