Pressure, temperature and fluid conditions during emerald precipitation, southeastern Yukon, Canada: Fluid inclusion and stable isotope evidence

Chemical Geology

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 187-199

  Marshall, Dan ^a   Groat, Lee ^b   Giuliani, Gaston ^c   Murphy, Don ^d   Mattey, Dave ^e   Ercit, T Scott ^f   Wise, Michael A ^g   Wengzynowski, William ^h   Eaton, W Douglas ^h  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CtrRech Petrograph/Geochim   (France)

^d Yukon Geological Survey   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^g SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^h Archer Cathro/Associates (1981) Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emerald; Fluid inclusions; Stable isotopes; Thermobarometry; Yukon

Indexed keywords

EMERALD; FLUID INCLUSION; P-T CONDITIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STABLE ISOTOPE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

CANADA;

EID: 0037443599     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00277-2     Document Type: Article

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