Mineralogical and textural changes accompanying ageing of silica sinter

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-62

  Herdianita, N R ^a,b   Browne, P R L ^a   Rodgers, K A ^a   Campbell, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALOGY; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; TEXTURE;

EID: 0034016212     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050005     Document Type: Article

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