Research Article

Fluid Dynamics in a Thrust Fault Inferred from Petrology and Geochemistry of Calcite Veins: An Example from the Southern Pyrenees

Table 3

REE and Y contents of the different calcite cements (Cc1 to Cc4), the interparticle cement Cc0 from the footwall (FW), and the host rocks from the hanging wall (HW). Values are given in ppm. DL: detection limit.

SampleLaCePrNdSmEuGdTbDyYHoErTmYbLu

DL0.210.320.040.150.030.010.020.0030.020.20.0030.010.0020.010.01
Cc17.1313.461.816.011.380.261.350.191.057.040.170.450.080.370.06
Cc23.039.960.853.000.750.140.660.080.433.310.070.190.030.160.03
Cc23.484.351.073.810.950.200.880.130.715.430.120.350.060.300.05
Cc20.811.260.170.590.230.040.170.020.151.290.030.070.010.06<LD
Cc36.1510.731.645.771.360.261.210.170.926.530.150.390.060.310.05
Cc35.229.191.224.380.950.190.960.130.725.440.120.320.050.240.04
Cc31.312.380.381.450.370.080.330.040.252.370.050.130.020.100.02
Cc42.736.030.862.890.690.130.580.080.433.350.070.190.030.150.02
Cc40.781.050.170.580.240.040.140.020.141.870.030.090.020.08<LD
Cc42.081.840.531.820.440.080.360.050.252.450.050.140.030.130.02
Cc09.8323.273.0410.562.440.492.160.281.528.700.220.610.110.510.08
HW2.393.520.521.750.410.070.360.050.333.230.060.180.030.170.03