Partial melting of sulfide ore deposits during medium- and high-grade metamorphism

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-18

  Frost, B Ronald ^a   Mavrogenes, John A ^a   Tomkins, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Low melting point chalcophile elements; Metamorphism of sulfides; Ore deposits; Polymetallic melts; Remobilization; Sulfide melts

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PYRITES; SULFIDE MINERALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DISSEMINATE AU DEPOSITES;

MELTING;

MASSIVE SULFIDE; METAMORPHISM; ORE DEPOSIT; PARTIAL MELTING; REMOBILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; BROKEN HILL; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0036476752     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.40.1.1     Document Type: Article

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