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James & Silver 1988
James, E.W. and Silver, L.T. (1988). Implications of zeolites and their zonation in the Cajon Pass Deep Drillhole. Geophysical Research Letters 15: doi: 10.1029/88GL03185. issn: 0094-8276.

Zeolites occur in all cores and most cuttings samples of plutonic and gneissic rock from the Cajon Pass Deep Drillhole. Laumontite or stilbite replace plagioclase and fill fractures <1 mm to several cms in width. Zeolitic alteration is most intense in faulted and fracture zones. Zeolite species are zoned vertically. Laumonite occurs to a depth of 1885 m, stilbite from 1885 m to 2080 m And laumonite again to at least 2524 m. The transition from stilbite to laumonite at 2080 m fits both extrapolated equilibria and the CPDDH P-T gradient but laumontite occurrences above 1885 m are metastable apparently reflecting rapid uplift. Radioactive accessory minerals from the wall rock surrounded by zeolites in some fractures exhibit red-brown haloes. Halo intensity correlates to mineral radioactivity and may allow dating of mineralization. Observation in the CPDDH suggest a potential role for zeolites in determining chemical and physical properties such as pore water composition, seismic velocity, and gravity contrasts in faults of the San Andreas system. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1988

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Mineralogy and Petrology, Metamorphic petrology, Exploration Geophysics, Downhole methods, Information Related to Geographic Region, North America
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