Arsenopyrite compositional variation over variable temperatures of mineralization, Otago Schist, New Zealand

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-128

  Kerr, L C ^a   Craw, D ^a   Youngson, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENOPYRITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 0032968085     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.1.123     Document Type: Article

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