Exsolved magmatic fluid and its role in the formation of comb-layered quartz at the Cretaceous Logtung W-Mo deposit, Yukon Territory, Canada

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 291-303

  Lowenstern, Jacob B ^a   Sinclair, W David ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comb layering; Comb quartz; Degassing; FTIR; Infra red; Magma; Mo; Porphyry; Trace elements; Unidirectional solidification textures; Volatiles; W

Indexed keywords

COMB LAYERING; COMB QUARTZ; DEGASSING; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENUM; PORPHYRY; TEXTURE; TUNGSTEN;

CANADA, YUKON TERRITORY, LOGTUNG;

EID: 0030431605     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300006696     Document Type: Article

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