On the significance of aqueous fluid inclusions in gold-bearing quartz vein deposits from the southeastern Abitibi subprovince (Quebec, Canada)

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 216-223

  Boullier, Anne Marie ^a   Firdaous, Karima ^b   Robert, François ^c,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; QUARTZ VEIN;

CANADA, QUEBEC, ABITIBI BELT;

EID: 0031844325     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.2.216     Document Type: Article

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