P-T-X conditions of late Hercynian fluid penetration and the origin of granite-hosted gold quartz veins in northwestern Iberia: A multidisciplinary study of fluid inclusions and their chemistry

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-57

  Boiron, M C ^a   Cathelineau, M ^a   Banks, D A ^b   Yardley, B W D ^b   Noronha, F ^c   Miller, M F ^d,e  

^a CREGU Centre de Recherches sur la Geologie des Matieres Premieres Minerales et Energetiques   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID CHEMISTRY; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; GRANITE; HERCYNIAN; P/T/X CONDITIONS; QUARTZ VEIN;

SPAIN;

EID: 0029731002     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00364-9     Document Type: Article

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