High CO2 content of fluid inclusions in gold mineralisations in the Ashanti Belt, Ghana: A new category of ore forming fluids?

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-118

  Schmidt Mumm, A ^a   Oberthur T ^b   Vetter, U ^b   Blenkinsop, T G ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; ORE FORMING FLUID;

GHANA, ASHANTI BELT;

EID: 0030757222     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050078     Document Type: Article

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