Fluid-rock interactions and the role of late Hercynian aplite intrusion in the genesis of the Castromil gold deposit, northern Portugal

Chemical Geology

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 201-224

  Vallance, J ^a,b   Cathelineau, M ^a   Boiron, M C ^a   Fourcade, S ^c   Shepherd, T J ^d   Naden, J ^d  

^a UMR G2R CNRS 7566   (France)

^b Section des Sciences de la Terre   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aplite; Fluid inclusions; Gold mineralisation; Graphitic schists; P T conditions; Portugal

Indexed keywords

APLITE; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GOLD; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METALLOGENESIS; P-T CONDITIONS;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0037443749     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00278-4     Document Type: Article

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