Mass change during extreme acid-sulphate hydrothermal alteration of a tertiary latite, Styria, Austria

Chemical Geology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 33-48

  Klammer, Dietmar ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acid sulphate hydrothermal alteration; Chemical characteristics; Latitic rock; Mass balance; Mineralogical changes; Volumetric changes

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LATITE; MASS BALANCE; TERTIARY;

AUSTRIA, STYRIA, GLEICHENBERG VOLCANIC AREA;

EID: 0031423505     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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