Interpretation of post-entrapment fluid-inclusion re-equilibration at the Three Mile Hill, Marvel Loch and Griffins Find high-temperature lode-gold deposits, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

Chemical Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 257-278

  Ridley, John ^a   Hagemann, Steffen G ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusions; Fluid inclusion re equilibration; Gold deposits; Yilgarn Craton

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; MINERALIZATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032834843     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00135-1     Document Type: Article

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