Native gold in mineral precipitates from high-temperature volcanic gases of Colima volcano, Mexico

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 337-346

  Taran, Yuri A ^a   Bernard, Alain ^b   Gavilanes, Juan Carlos ^c   Africano, Fatima ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MINERALIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); VOLCANIC GAS;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033988028     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(99)00052-9     Document Type: Article

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