Fluid inclusion microthermometry and the P-T evolution of gold-bearing hydrothermal fluids in the Niuxinshan gold deposit, eastern Hebei province, NE China

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 348-365

  Yao, Y ^a,c   Morteani, G ^a   Trumbull, R B ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ORE DEPOSIT;

CHINA;

EID: 0032795450     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050209     Document Type: Article

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