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FLUID INCLUSIONS
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... Fluids in fluid inclusions have been studied from numerous widely separated rock samples from metamorphic terranes, but no study has been possible of samples recovered in sequence from a deep drill hole in an orogenic terrane. Although fluid inclusions are likely to be present in cuttings, only in core samples could fluid inclusions be studied in the context of the petrogenesis of their host rocks as determined by metamorphic petrology.
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Key Terms

  • mass transfer
  • metamorphic terranes
  • metamorphic reactions
  • orogenic terrane
  • metamorphic petrology

  • core samples
  • widely separated
  • host rocks
  • separated rock
  • deep drill

  • numerous widely
  • drill hole
  • rock samples
  • profound implications
  • samples recovered

  • rocks crystallized
  • carbon dioxide
  • aqueous fraction
  • calcium chlorides
  • trap fluids

  • principally sodium


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