Meteoric water component in magmatic fluids from porphyry copper mineralization, Babine Lake area, British Columbia

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1091-1094

  Sheets, Ronald Wynn ^a   Nesbitt, Bruce E ^a   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; LAKES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; HIGH-SALINITY FLUIDS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATIC FLUIDS; METEORIC WATERS; PORPHYRY COPPERS; RE-EQUILIBRATION; STANDARD MEAN OCEAN WATERS; ISOTOPIC VALUES; METEORIC FLUIDS;

MINERALOGY;

COPPER; FLUID INCLUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; METEORIC WATER; MINERALIZATION; PORPHYRY; MAGMATIC FLUID; PORPHYRY DEPOSIT;

BABINE LAKE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 0030427354     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<1091:MWCIMF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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