Fluid inclusion record of the hypozonal orogenic Renco gold deposit (Zimbabwe) during the retrograde P-T evolution

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 495-509

  Kolb, Jochen ^a   Meyer, Michael F ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; GOLD MINE; MINERALIZATION; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROGRAPHY;

RENCO; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0036663853     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-002-0360-y     Document Type: Article

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