Multiple fluid generations in the Sudbury igneous complex: Fluid inclusion, Ar, O, H, Rb and Sr evidence

Chemical Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 1-19

  Marshall, Dan ^a   Watkinson, David ^a   Farrow, Catharine ^b   Molnár, Ferenc ^c   Fouillac, Anne Marie ^d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Laboratoire de Mécanique des Terrains   (Canada)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Fluids; Inclusions; Isotopes; Mixing; Sudbury

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; MIXING; PETROGENESIS;

CANADA;

EID: 0032834619     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00122-3     Document Type: Article

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